Overview
Syllabus
Intro
A brief history of astronomy
New gravitational wave detection 2023
Newton’s ideas about gravity
Einstein’s theory of relativity demo
Einstein’s prediction confirmed during an Eclipse
‘The ghosts of stars’: black holes & neutron stars
How are gravitational waves created? demo
How are gravitational waves detected?
The first detection of gravitational waves
Gravitational waves as the sounds of spacetime
The first neutron star gravitational wave detection
A race between gravitational waves and light demo
How do gravitational waves relate to dark matter?
New gravitational wave detections about to start
An app to detect gravitational waves
Taught by
The Royal Institution