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Martin Hendry, The Conversation

How we discovered gravitational waves from ‘neutron stars’ – and why it’s such a big deal

The discovery of tiny ripples in space from the violent collision of dense stars could help solve many mysteries.

Martin Hendry, The Conversation
· Oct 18, 2017 · 08:30 pm
Star Wars inspired me to become an astrophysicist – and I wasn't disappointed

Four decades later, I find myself surveying 13 billion years of cosmic history and mapping events that really did happen a long time ago in galaxies far, far away.

Martin Hendry, The Conversation
· Dec 26, 2015 · 06:30 am