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Detection of Gravitational Waves @ Petit
Join Dr Graeme Eddolls, a postdoctoral researcher at Syracuse University Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy & Astrophysics, to learn all about how a collaboration of 1200+ international scientists, including some here in Syracuse, build scientific instruments to detect gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are made when objects in our universe like black holes and neutron stars collide, sending ripples through space and time itself. These waves were first detected on 14th September 2015 by the LIGO detectors, based in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA. This discovery later won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2017.
No prior knowledge of physics is required for this event and Dr Eddolls would love to spend time after his short presentation answering any and all questions from the audience as well as discussing with the local community on their own interests in physics and the wider STEM subjects.
- Date:
- Saturday, January 11, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Library:
- Petit Branch Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Science STEAM / STEM