Extra: Neutron Star Merger

In this podcast extra episode Jeni discusses the recent detection
of two colliding neutron stars and their observation in both
gravitational waves and all areas of the electromagnetic
spectrum.


Jeni chats with Dr Edward Gomez, Education Director at the Las
Cumbres Observatory and Cardiff University’s Gravitational
Physics Research Group Leader, Professor Patrick Sutton about the
historic observations, what we can learn from these events, the
future of gravitational wave astronomy and how this new window
into the universe can help us improve some of the fundamentals of
our knowledge of space and time.


We also put listeners’ questions on these subjects from Raoul Van
Eindhoven, @FuzzySemi and @calcomega to Patrick.