Public talk (in German) “10 years of gravitational-wave astronomy”

Public talk

  • Date: May 18, 2026
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Naturinformationszentrum im Wasserturm (Eichenpark), Stadtparkallee 39, 30853 Langenhagen
  • Room: Vortragsraum
  • Host: Naturkundliche Vereinigung Langenhagen und Volkshochschule Langenhagen
  • Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
A dark sphere is surrounded by a yellow vortex and set against a starry background.
Simulation of a neutron star merging with a black hole. During the merger, the neutron star is torn apart by tidal forces. Image: S.V. Chaurasia (Stockholm University), T. Dietrich (University of Potsdam and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), N. Fischer, S. Ossokine, H. Pfeiffer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), T. Vu
A little over ten years ago, in September 2015, a new era of astronomy began. Since then, we have been observing the universe in a whole new way: with gravitational waves.
With a global network of kilometer-scale detectors, an international research community regularly “eavesdrops” on collisions between black holes and neutron stars. This talk explains how these observations work, what we learn from them about these celestial objects and the universe, and what the future holds.
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