Princeton University Astrophysical Sciences 2023 Spitzer Lecturer

After the landmark neutron-star merger event GW170817, the frontier is now to map the properties of a population of neutron star mergers, find electromagnetic counterparts of NS-BH mergers, and connect the pre-merger to the post-merger properties of these events, as constrained by their gravitational wave emission and electromagnetic radiation. In this talk I will review our past achievements and the exciting prospects enabled by the next generation of gravitational wave detectors. The future is bright and loud.