{"597548":{"#nid":"597548","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":" Scientists detect gravitational waves from a new kind of nova, sparking a new era in astronomy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Washington Post publishes its report on the news that the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO Scientific Collaboration \u003C\/a\u003Ehas\u0026nbsp;detected a kilonova, the collision of two neutron stars. The burst\u0026nbsp;rippled\u0026nbsp;the fabric of space-time\u0026nbsp;and sent\u0026nbsp;gamma-rays and gold flying through the cosmos. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, who is also LIGO\u0026#39;s deputy spokesperson, is quoted in the article as saying that\u0026nbsp;scientists feel like \u0026quot;we have\u0026nbsp;hit the motherlode.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-10-18 16:06:55","changed_gmt":"2017-10-18 16:40:12","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"cohort","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/speaking-of-science\/wp\/2017\/10\/16\/scientists-detect-gravitational-waves-from-a-new-kind-of-nova-sparking-a-new-era-in-astronomy\/?utm_term=.9ac6ad413d31","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590680":{"id":"590680","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1492684302","gmt_created":"2017-04-20 10:31:42","changed":"1492684302","gmt_changed":"2017-04-20 10:31:42","alt":"Laura Cadonati","file":{"fid":"225038","name":"Laura Cadonati.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":776434,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati.jpg?itok=REFyqUX4"}}},"media_ids":["590680"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"175787","name":"LIGO Scientific Collaboration"},{"id":"175916","name":"Neutron Stars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}