{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 03: ALASTAIR","description":"LIGO** scientist, Alastair, shares his experience being a part of scientific history due to the recent detection of gravitational waves from two black holes colliding over one-billion years ago. This discovery confirms Einstein\u2019s theory of general relativity and opens the door to new scientific discoveries about our universe. Photography: Jonathan Hanson - www.jhansonphoto.com\/ Music: Eric Matyas - soundimage.org\/sci-fi\/ Additional Resources: NY Times full gravitational waves article - www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/12\/science\/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.htm LIGO - www.ligo.caltech.edu\/ **UPDATE: LIGO does it a second time: MIT - news.mit.edu\/2016\/second-time-ligo-detects-gravitational-waves-0615 More info &amp;amp; view slideshow at http:\/\/www.afaceproject.com\/podcasts\/ep03-alastair\/ NOTES:  [4:15] Talks about first detection of gravitational waves [5:20] Talks about growing up with science as a child [6:05] Speaks about University and the beginning of his interest in gravitational waves [6:45] Talks about enjoying research and physics [9:30] Talks about how everything we have on earth comes from the stars and the universe [11:00] Points out the excitement of this field of study [12:10] Our understanding (or not) of black holes [12:45] Talks about LIGO for first time [14:30] Favorite parts of Alastair\u2019s job [15:30] Talks about the day of the detection of gravitational waves [19:05] Talks about data analysis and being able to really look at what happened [20:10] Sound bite of what 2 black holes spiraling into each other and colliding sound like [22:20] Talks about concept of space and time being linked [25:15] Significance of this discovery [27:00] Talks about how we\u2019re at a new frontier in science [28:50] How this discovery changed things  ","author_name":"A FACE PROJECT","author_url":"http:\/\/www.afaceproject.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4254102\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/13749907"}