Geraint Pratten

Ten years after the first gravitational wave was detected, our astrophysicists have helped to confirm two long-standing theories relating to black holes – including a 1971 prediction by Prof. Stephen Hawking birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/hawk…

Ten years after the first gravitational wave was detected, @unibirmingham astrophysicists have helped to confirm two long-standing theories relating to black holes – including a 1971 prediction by Prof. Stephen Hawking: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/hawk… @grntprttn @LIGO @PhysRevLett

Orbital eccentricity in a neutron star - black hole binary. arxiv.org/abs/2503.15393

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, which includes astronomers and scientists from @unibirmingham, detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal called GW230529 back in April: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/mass… @grntprttn @p_g_schmidt @UoBIGWaves #ResearchRoundup

🚨 We are hiring Postdoc Fellows in Gravitational Waves / Compact Objects / Massive Stars 🌟 🚨adv: aas.org/jobregister/ad…… more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1U3…… Come join our fantastic campus & department! @ucsdastro @UCSanDiego👇🌟-& yes we are also taking PhD students!

As Chair of All Party Parliamentary & Scientific Committee, & former Minister for Science, Research & Innovation I have written to @RachelReevesMP to stress importance of R&D in growing the economy & tackling the big challenges we face... @sciencecampaign georgefreeman.co.uk/news/freeman-u…

Our department is hiring! Please share with folks you know who are looking for a *permanent* teaching faculty position, in either astronomy or physics. Apply at careers.olemiss.edu/job/University…

Today the Royal Society launches our manifesto for science ahead of the next general election. The manifesto provides clear proposals for how the next government can build a more resilient and prosperous future. Read it here: royalsociety.org/topics-policy/… #ManifestoForScience

It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons. Jim was an award-winning mathematician, a legendary investor and a generous philanthropist. simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/sim…

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, which includes astronomers and scientists from @unibirmingham, has detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal called GW230529: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/mass… @grntprttn @p_g_schmidt @UoBIGWaves #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay

📢Some very exciting news over the weekend! The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (@LIGO-@ego_virgo-@KAGRA_PR) collaboration announced the first exceptional event from the fourth observing run, GW230529! 💫 Image: @astronerdika

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, which includes astronomers and scientists from @unibirmingham, has detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal called GW230529: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/mass… @grntprttn @p_g_schmidt @UoBIGWaves

Today the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration is proud to announce GW230529, the first exceptional #GravitationalWaves event from our fourth observing run (#O4). You can learn more from @astronerdika's excellent infographic, or by visiting our detection page! ligo.org/detections/GW2…

Announcement: FIRST Exceptional #GravitationalWaves Event from #ObservingRun4 (#O4) w/: GW230529!! 🥳 Find Out More on #GW230529 event page: ligo.org/detections/GW2… @LIGO @ego_virgo @KAGRA_PR #LIGOVirgoKAGRA

If you've heard me talk about "secret LIGO work" over the last several months, I'm super excited to finally be able to share the discovery of GW230529: the first observation of a mass-gap object merging with a neutron star! ligo.org/detections/GW2… Image: @astronerdika 1/7

Latin American Students: Sign up for our summer course on General Relativity and Cosmology (in Spanish)@PhysicsLatam📢 We will explore topics on Black Holes, Cosmology, Inflation, Gravitational Waves and more! Apply rb.gy/xs1xgu 📅 June-August More information soon!

The @unibirmingham will collaborate on the development of the first gravitational-wave observatory in space, which may go into orbit in mid-2030: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/univ… @grntprttn @agmvecchio #BrumHour

The @unibirmingham will collaborate on the development of the first gravitational-wave observatory in space, which may go into orbit in mid-2030: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/univ… @grntprttn @agmvecchio

The @unibirmingham will collaborate on the development of the first gravitational-wave observatory in space, which may go into orbit in mid-2030: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/univ… @grntprttn @agmvecchio

@khunsang1 @LISACommunity @eps_unibham @grntprttn “LISA will uncover the early stages of stellar-mass black hole binaries while the next generation of ground-based detectors will see their violent mergers, providing [...] a complete picture of their evolution.” Patricia Schmidt @p_g_schmidt @LISACommunity