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Experimental and Theoretical Astrophysics
A New Era of Discovery..
LIGO
Dr Michael R. Landry, Caltech, discusses the new science of Gravitational Wave detection and observation. As Head of the Hanford Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), Dr Landry discusses LIGO's role in the discovery of the first gravitational wave in history.
Image Cedits (BBH, BNS): NSF/LIGO/SSU/Aurore Simonnet
Image Credits (All Others): Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
Black Holes
Dr Zachariah Etienne presents a short overview of the theory of Black Holes, General and Special Relativity. This amazing area of scientific research first proved Black Holes exist and we now have successfully captured images of these incredible entities. This image is Sagittarius A or Sgr A, and is an actual image of the Super Massive Black Hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
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