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BlackGEM telescope at La Silla hunts gravitational-wave afterglows

Original: This object is one of the three BlackGEM telescopes hosted at our La Silla Observatory. Its mission? To help detectors s

The European Southern Observatory is highlighting one of the three BlackGEM telescopes hosted at its La Silla Observatory in Chile. BlackGEM's mission is to help gravitational-wave detectors such as LIGO and Virgo pinpoint powerful cosmic events, including neutron star and black hole mergers, by detecting the visible light afterglows they leave behind.

Why now: The observatory is showcasing the instrument's role in the ongoing hunt for gravitational-wave sources, a topic of broad scientific interest.

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• This object is one of the three BlackGEM telescopes hosted at our La Silla Observatory. Its mission? To help detectors such as LIGO and Virgo to pinpoint powerful gravitational-wave events, like neutron star and black hole mergers, by detecting the visible afterglow that some… · esoastronomy · 79

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