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Oh Thank you. I'm Astronomycast, Episode 743, what else can we learn from gravitational waves? Welcome to AstronomyCaster,

weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos, where we help you understand not only what we know,

but how we know what we know. I'm Fraser Kane. I'm the publisher of the universe today.

With me, as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute

and the director of Cosmo Quest., Balin, how you doing?

I'm in the United States, so it's probably a question that you don't want me to answer.

I'm also a soft money-funded scientist, so that is definitely a question you don't want me to answer.

Well, as a Canadian, now about to go into a trade war with you, my Canadian, sorry, my U.S. friend.

Yeah, things are likewise bad.

Yeah, yeah.

The thing that has me most concerned is the rule of law apparently no longer has any meaning in this country.

And there are unvetted people without security clearances that now have access to the social security numbers and payment history of every U.S. taxpayer. And yeah, yeah, these are kids that are going in and installing these servers and getting access.

And it's just like, yeah.

Yeah.

Anyway, just a few years ago, Ligo detected the first direct evidence of gravitational

waves coming from colliding black holes.

And there you have it.

Boom.

Black holes collide.

But that wasn't all we learn from gravitational waves, nor will we learn.

We'll get to it in a second, but it is time for a break.

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