Dr. John Ruan studies mergers of neutron stars (the leftover cores of dead massive stars) to understand the origin of the heaviest elements in the Universe. His research exploits a new window to the cosmos –ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. As Canada Research Chair in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, Dr. Ruan studies neutron star mergers using...
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