Four questions for Roger Blandford on new evidence of gravitational waves

Written by on June 30, 2023

Astronomers around the world have spent decades observing dozens of pulsars – the super-dense remains of exploded stars that emit regular pulses of radio waves as they spin at ludicrous speeds, like runaway lighthouses. Last week, dozens of physicists began promising to reveal findings from these observations that could, in time, change our understanding of the universe.

Roger Blandford (Image credit: Courtesy Roger Blandford)

On the evening of June 28 . . .



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