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Looking Skyward: 'Cosmic clocks' detect gravitational waves from massive black holes

CAI | By John Basile
Published July 21, 2023 at 11:58 AM EDT
Gravitational waves from colossal black holes have been found using 'cosmic clocks'
National Science Foundation/Keyi "Onyx" Li
Gravitational waves from colossal black holes have been found using 'cosmic clocks'

In this edition of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about a discovery, using a radio telescope, of gravitational waves that move through our galaxy.

Learn more:
https://www.mariamitchell.org/loines-observatory
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John Basile
Editor and reporter for CAI and host of Sittin' In CAI's series on musicians and the local music scene.
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