Using Stars to See Gravitational Waves

PBS Space Time · Oct 28, 2026 · 15m

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Now that gravitational waves are definitely a thing, it’s time to think about some of the crazy things we can figure out with them. In some cases we’re going to need a gravitational wave observatory - in fact, we've already built one.

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