CGCA Prof. David Kaplan has written an article for The Conversation with
colleague Prof. Tara Murphy discussing the 6+ months of radio
observations of the neutron star merger. The optical emission faded
very quickly, over a few days. But the radio emission continued to
get brighter for months, and since we could observe it during the
day was often the only way of studying this fascinating
subject. Read more about what we found in
Signals from a spectacular neutron star merger that made gravitational waves are slowly fading away.
Radio emission from GW170817 seen with the VLA (left) and the ATCA (right). Credit: David Kaplan/Mooley et al. (2008), Nature, 554, 207