Research on detection of gravitational wave signals from the LIGO observatory, led by Dr. Sukanta Bose. WSU is the nearest major university to the Hanford detector pictured here.
	Research on general relativity and the production of gravitational waves, led by Dr. Sukanta Bose. Click on the thumbnail for an enlarged view of the gravity waves expected from a close pair of black holes whose orbits are decaying because of the energy lost through gravity wave emission.
Research on galaxy merging and formation histories, led by Dr. Guy Worthey. The pair of interacting galaxies is the large spiral M 51 (or NGC 5194) plus its companion NGC 5195.
	Research galaxy collisons, by Dr. Nathan Hearn. This simulation shows the wave of material in a disk galaxy pushed outwards after a collision with the (yellow) spheroidal galaxy.
Research on galaxy formation and large scale structure led by Dr. John Blakeslee. The figure shows a distant (blue) galaxy whose image is split, amplified, and distorted by the intervening presence of a large cluster of galaxies (yellow ones) by a process called gravitational lensing.
	Research on starburst galaxies, led by Dr. Michael Allen
Research on stars and stellar populations by Dr. Hyun-chul Lee. This image of globular cluster M10 was obtained by Till Credner and Sven Kohle of Hohner List Observatory.