UWM Celebrates 10 Years of Gravitational Wave Discovery With Public Lecture 

MILWAUKEE_The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time caused by cosmic collisions of black holes and neutron stars. UWM scientists played a pivotal role in the discovery, which confirmed a major prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity and contributed to a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Media are invited to attend the event, which will take place Thursday, Sept 18, 2025, at 7 p.m.

UWM researchers helped detect gravitational waves from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. Their work was instrumental in identifying the waves as the result of colliding black holes, using advanced analytical tools and a network of supercomputers to process massive amounts of data.

Patrick Brady, UWM physics professor and key contributor to the discovery, and fellow scientists involved will share insights into what has been learned about black holes and neutron stars since that first observation.

The event is hosted by the Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, in partnership with the Manfred Olson Planetarium.

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