Tara Murphy

Prof. Tara Murphy is an Australian Astrophysicist and CAASTRO (the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics) chief investigator working in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney.[1][2] Murphy led a group that first confirmed radio emissions from the 2017 Neutron Star Merger event which provided evidence for a global scientific announcement in the field of gravitational waves.[3]

  1. ^ Slezak, Michael (16 October 2017). "Neutron stars collision: Australian science reacts – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2014 Australian Frontiers of Science - participants | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Gravitational waves: Australian scientists first to confirm radio signals from two colliding stars". SBS News. Retrieved 2 July 2020.