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Short Wave

Picking Up Cosmic Vibrations

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

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A pivotal week in Corey Gray's life began with a powwow in Alberta and culminated with a piece of history: The first-ever detection of gravitational waves from the collision of two neutron stars. Corey was on the graveyard shift at LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Hanford, Washington, when the historic signal came. This episode, Corey talks about the discovery, the "Gravitational Wave Grass Dance Special" that preceded it and how he got his Blackfoot name. (encore)Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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