How far back in time can we observe the Universe?
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TEDxYouth@EEB3
• February 2019
How far in space and how early in time can we learn about our universe?
Black holes are some of the most intriguing objects that we know of. When heavy stars have no more fuel left to burn, they collapse and form very dense objects called black holes. When black holes merge, they create wiggles in the structure of space and time itself, so-called “gravitational waves”. We can now detect these on Earth since 2015.
Geoffrey is now developing tools to describe the properties of gravitational waves created by black holes using Einstein's theory of gravitation.
Geoffrey Compere is a FNRS Research Associate (Tenured) at the ULB, in Brussels, Belgium.
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