August Monthly Meeting: Gravitational Waves - Observing the Dark and the Bright

Location: Zoom + In-Person at First Evangelical Lutheran Church (803 3rd Ave, Longmont, CO 80501)

Summary

For the last few years we have been able to observe gravitational waves, ripples in space-time itself, originating from the most extreme astronomical objects and processes in the Universe. In this talk, Dr. Carl Haster will both introduce the concepts of gravitational waves, and describe what our current set of observations can tell us about the nature of Black Holes, stellar evolution ultra-dense nuclear matter and even Gravitation itself.

About the Speaker

Carl Haster is an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Learn more at https://cjhaster.com/