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

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

John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.