Listening for Cosmic Clues
As a Liberty Science Center guest astronomer, 麻豆传媒在线 Professor Marc Favata explored the ways we can 鈥榣isten鈥 to space and time
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Under the cavernous dome of the 鈥 the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere 鈥 麻豆传媒在线 Physics Professor聽Marc Favata聽led an audience on a listening tour of the cosmos.
In his Space Talk 鈥淐osmic Clues from Gravitational Waves鈥 on March 2, Favata explained how he and other scientists 鈥渓isten鈥 to the ripples of gravity to learn more about colliding black holes and neutron stars.
聽is billed as a 鈥渃osmic conversation鈥 that shines a light on new areas of astronomy. The giant dome of the planetarium is described by the Liberty Science Center as being 鈥渢he ideal venue for today鈥檚 working astronomers to share their pursuit of answers to the Big Unanswered Questions of the universe, from the secrets of black holes, to life on other planets, to the mysteries of dark matter, and beyond.鈥
In the last year alone, Space Talks have been given by astronomers from Princeton, MIT,聽 Columbia, Rutgers and CUNY as well as a member of the James Webb telescope team.