Everything You Need to Know About Gravitational Waves in 2026

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What's going on with gravitational wave observations now? What's the state of LIGO? What new science can we get from it? How does gravitational energy escape the black holes? How will LIGO work together with Vera Rubin? Finding out all this and more in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Keefe Mitman
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00:00 Intro
02:04 Detections of gravitational waves
05:37 Where does the "lost mass" come from?
09:27 GW250114
11:45 What makes a good black hole merger
18:21 LIGO maintenance and Vera Rubin collabs
21:07 Measuring cosmic distances
24:37 Primordial graviational waves
27:25 What's next for LIGO
30:56 Current obsessions
33:58 Final thoughts

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