When Black Holes Collide with Nergis Mavalvala

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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How do we detect ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how gravitational waves can help us uncover the early universe with MIT physicist and LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala.

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0:00.0	So Harrison, I'm finally getting to the bottom of these gravitational waves.
0:04.6	I brought my gravitational surfboard. I'm ready.
0:07.7	I don't know if you can do that. Maybe. I'm going to try. I can barely surf in real life.
0:13.1	Yeah, so gravitational waves, black hole collisions, the big bang.
0:18.0	Sounds like big things.
0:19.1	With one of the world's experts on these very subjects.
0:22.1	So excited.
0:22.5	A quantum astrophysicist.
0:24.1	In a few moments on StarTalk.
0:28.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:30.6	Your place in the universe
0:32.2	where science and pop culture
0:34.4	collide.
0:36.5	StarTalk begins right now.
0:41.0	This is StarTalk.
0:43.1	Yildegrasse, you're a personal astrophysicist.
0:46.1	I got with me, Harrison Greenbound.
0:48.0	Harrison, how you doing, man?
0:49.0	I'm good.
0:49.6	Thanks for having me back.
0:50.3	I'm so excited.
0:50.9	I know.
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