#3 Chiara Mingarelli - NANOGrav, Background Gravitational Waves, Black Holes
Cool Worlds Podcast
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The Journey of Risk in Astronomy
LIGO and Pulsar Timing Arrays are looking for gravitational wave signals. They could be used to discover a cosmic string, which is undetectable with photons or light. The scientists have been working on these projects since the early 2010s. Ligo's lead scientist says he has found it difficult to do something completely new in his professional career. He said: "My mentality was always go big or go home"
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