On the Waves of the Universe

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May 20 2026

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Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow – Main Stage (Hall F)

Św. Wawrzyńca 15, 31-060 Kraków

On September 14, 2015, the LIGO experiment first detected gravitational waves—distortions in spacetime created by the collision of black holes. This discovery was honored with the 2017 Nobel Prize. Professor Dorota Gondek-Rosińska participated in this research, and we’ll talk with her about gravitational waves and the information they carry.

Dorota Gondek-Rosińska

Dorota Gondek-Rosińska is a professor at the University of Warsaw and head of the Department of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Warsaw Astronomical Observatory. She also coordina…

Łukasz Lamża

Doktor filozofii, popularyzator nauki, tłumacz, wykładowca akademicki, pracownik Centrum Kopernika Badań Interdyscyplinarnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, a także redaktor działu Nauka "Tygod…