How UT Scientists Contributed to Nobel-Winning Gravitational Wave Discovery

October 3, 2017 • by Marc Airhart

No scientific discovery happens in isolation. See how UT Austin scientists and alumni are changing the world.


Diagram showing how various scientists are connected to a Nobel prize

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Oden Institute

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Illustration of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A, its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B, and the distant brown dwarf tertiary Wolf 1130C. The three components of this system are shown scaled to their relative sizes. Image credit: Adam Burgasser, UCSD.

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McDonald Observatory

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