• Question: What is it like being Multi Messenger Astronomy?

    Asked by anon-219952 to Nicolas, Laurence, Emma, Declan, Bella, Ali on 11 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Bella Boulderstone

      Bella Boulderstone answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      I think Laurence is best suited to answering this question, I don’t do any work with Multi Messenger Astronomy, sorry!

    • Photo: Nicolas Bonne

      Nicolas Bonne answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      Neither do I, but Laurence will definitely be able to answer!

    • Photo: Laurence Datrier

      Laurence Datrier answered on 11 Jun 2019:

      It can be the best of both worlds, but sometimes it feels like there’s too much to know! When you’re doing multi-messenger astronomy, it means you use several of what we call messengers. Messengers are just a type of signal you get from space. Gravitational waves are one type of messenger, and electromagnetic waves another. They’re the two I use, but you can also use things like neutrinos.

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