In this episode of our Voices of Mathematics podcast we talk to Ulrich Sperhake, Professor of Theoretical Physics, and graduate student Seppe Staelens, both from the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
Gravitational waves, whose discovery was announced ten years ago, have provided a wealth of information about what physicists believe are black holes. But could other objects be hiding in this data too?
We talk to Ulrich Sperhake and Seppe Staelens to find out more about gravitational waves, and how imagining hypothetical objects can help physicists explore the Universe further.
The podcast is hosted by Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas, Editors of Plus, from the communications and outreach team at the Mathematics Faculty.
To find out more about topics mentioned in this podcast see:
- Our accompanying feature article Dark stars: new theories shed light on black holes
- Our previous feature article Boson stars: beyond vanilla
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