[Interview+] Building LISA, Humanity's Biggest Telescope

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Gravitational waves revolutionised Astronomy. But LIGO, VIRGO and KAGRA only operate in one spectrum. To detect longer waves we need bigger telescopes. Much bigger. Ones that don't fit on Earth. That is where LISA comes in, which will be humanity's biggest telescope.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Stefano Vitale 

Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AUS8A9J3d5g

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:43 The evolution of gravitational wave search

  • 05:33 Proving the concept with LISA Pathfinder

  • 15:34 What will LISA see?

  • 31:09 What are the next steps for LISA?

  • 43:17 What happens after LISA?

  • 50:02 Current obsessions

  • 51:43 Final Thoughts

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Gravitational waves revolutionised Astronomy. But LIGO, VIRGO and KAGRA only operate in one spectrum. To detect longer waves we need bigger telescopes. Much bigger. Ones that don't fit on Earth. That is where LISA comes in, which will be humanity's biggest telescope.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Stefano Vitale 

Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AUS8A9J3d5g

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:43 The evolution of gravitational wave search

  • 05:33 Proving the concept with LISA Pathfinder

  • 15:34 What will LISA see?

  • 31:09 What are the next steps for LISA?

  • 43:17 What happens after LISA?

  • 50:02 Current obsessions

  • 51:43 Final Thoughts

2026-01-19 53 min
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