The new astronomy is based on gravitational waves, rather than lights and telescopes, and it enables scientists to observe events in our universe that otherwise would be forever buried in darkness.
Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
Buy Gianfranco's book 'A tale of two universes' here: https://geni.us/bertone
Gianfranco Bertone is Professor of Theoretical Astroparticle Physics at the Center of Excellence in Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics of the U. of Amsterdam, GRAPPA (Gravitation, AstroParticle Physics Amsterdam), where he leads a research team investigating topics at the interface between particle physics and cosmology.
Since June 2019, he is the founding director of the European Consortium for Astroparticle Physics (EuCAPT).
Beside scientific research and teaching, Gianfranco is active in science outreach, and involved in various initiatives to advocate the importance of scientific culture.
The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution
and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science
and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution
and TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ri_science
Our editorial policy: https://www.rigb.org/editing-ri-talks-and-moderating-comments
Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter
Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.
