{"id":47185,"date":"2023-07-05T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=120070"},"modified":"2023-07-05T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:32:34","slug":"podcast-detecting-the-spacetime-ripples-of-supermassive-black-holes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/podcast-detecting-the-spacetime-ripples-of-supermassive-black-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Detecting the spacetime ripples of supermassive black holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Astronomers have detected evidence of gravitational waves from supermassive black holes at the centres of merging galaxies. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Iain Todd\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 05 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>How do you measure ultra-low-frequency <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/what-are-gravitational-waves\/&quot;\">gravitational waves<\/a> coming from the centres of distant galaxies?<\/p>\n<p>By observing their effect on cosmic clocks of course!<\/p>\n<p>This episode Dr Michael Keith, an astrophysicist at the <a href=\"\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">University of Manchester<\/a>, reveals how detecting subtle changes in the regularity of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-science\/what-is-a-pulsar-a-complete-guide-to-spinning-neutron-stars\/&quot;\">pulsars<\/a> is providing a new way of observing the cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video and listen to the audio versions of this podcast below.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Find out more about the discovery via our news story <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/ultra-low-frequency-gravitational-waves-black-holes\/&quot;\">\u2018Galaxy-sized\u2019 detector measures echos of colliding black holes<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Video<\/strong><\/h2>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Detecting\" the=\"\" spacetime=\"\" ripples=\"\" of=\"\" supermassive=\"\" black=\"\" holes=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZu6f9uMFX8?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h2><strong>Audio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Spotify\" embed:=\"\" detecting=\"\" spacetime=\"\" ripples=\"\" of=\"\" supermassive=\"\" black=\"\" holes=\"\" style=\"&quot;border-radius:\" width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;152&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"&quot;autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" loading=\"&quot;lazy&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7mmrPBP9H1UH2DiHjwSp8t?si=96398a8b1c834614&amp;utm_source=oembed&quot;\"\/>\n<p><em><strong>Listen to more episodes of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\">Radio Astronomy Podcast<\/a> or check out the <a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bbcskyatnightmag&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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