Saturday Physics for Everyone: The Whispers of the Dark Universe

When black holes or neutron stars, the most extreme objects in the universe, collide they produce gravitational waves. So far, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) has detected more than 300 such gravitational wave signals. Sometimes likened to the "sound" of the universe because gravitational waves reach us even when we can not see their source, they tell us about the types of black hole, their properties and origin.

In this talk you will hear about black holes and gravitational waves, the whispers of the
dark universe, where they come from and how we use them to explore the mysteries of our universe. 

Saturday Physics for Everyone is an event series focused on sharing the research of the Department of Physics with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community. High school students interested in STEM are highly encouraged to attend.