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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting August - Celestial Songs: A Cosmic Spacetime Symphony
DESCRIPTION:The Universe sings an intricate melody composed of gravitational waves\, the cosmic echoes of cataclys-\nmic events. Yet it’s only in recent years that we have begun to listen to this space-time symphony. In this\ntalk\, we’ll embark on a journey through the revolutionary advancements in gravitational wave astronomy.\nFirst\, we’ll trace our understanding of the subject from the conceptualisation of cosmic ripples in 1916\nthrough to the Nobel Prize-winning gravitational wave discovery of the merger of two black holes. We’ll\nthen discuss Aotearoa’s contributions to this work. Join us as we uncover the cosmic symphony\, tracing\nour evolution from theory to discovery in our quest to understand the Universe’s celestial songs. \nDr Avi Vajpeyi is a research fellow working at the University of Auckland and a member of the scientific\ncollaborations Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Laser Interferometer\nSpace Antenna (LISA). His work involves “listening” to gravitational waves emitted from black holes collid-\ning with each other.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-august-celestial-songs-a-cosmic-spacetime-symphony/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory & Planetarium\, 670 Manukau Road\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Monthly Meeting
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