Looking Up - 26 January 2018

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Detecting gravitational waves is one thing, to verify their source with a variety of instruments is ground-breaking stuff. Ushering in a new era of astrophysics is Dr David Buckley from Cape Town's South African Astronomical Observatory, describing how we used instruments up at Sutherland to help carry out this work.

For more details about this event enjoy this extraordinary 5-minute video:

https://youtu.be/JjCVNdeEoQk

26 Jan 2018 English South Africa Places & Travel

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