North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves
Astronomy organization
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| June 2023 | NANOGrav published 15-year data release providing further evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background and a measurement of the Hellings–Downs curve. |
| June 2023 | NANOGrav published further evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background using the 15-year data release, providing a measurement of the Hellings–Downs curve. |
| 2021 | NANOGrav received a second Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) grant from the NSF, further supporting their scientific research and collaboration efforts. |
| 2020 | NANOGrav presented first evidence of gravitational wave background through 12.5-year data release, though not definitively attributable to gravitational waves. |
| 2020 | NANOGrav presented first evidence of gravitational wave background in the 12.5-year data release, showing noise consistent with gravitational wave expectations. |
| 2018 | NANOGrav published the 11-year data release, refining techniques to precisely determine the barycenter of the solar system. |
| 2015 | NSF began funding NANOGrav through the Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) program, continuing support for the organization's research activities. |
| 2015 | NANOGrav published the nine-year data release, further limiting the gravitational wave background. |
| 2013 | Demorest et al. published a paper describing the five-year data release and first NANOGrav limit on the stochastic gravitational wave background. |
| 2010 | NSF first funded NANOGrav researchers through the Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program, marking the initial financial support for the organization. |
| 2010 | Hobbs et al. published a paper summarizing the early state of the international pulsar timing array effort for gravitational wave detection. |
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