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The densest stuff in the universe slamming together at the speed of light with Dr. Kanner
Episode 114
Published 8 years, 7 months ago
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Dr. Jonah Kanner talks about LIGO's spectacular detection of two neutron stars merging together. This merger was not only detected by gravitational wave detectors in the US and Europe, it was also seen by many telescopes across the world and in space. This new discovery will help unlock many longstanding mysteries in astronomy and fundamental particle physics.