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HPR’s Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips hosted Stargazer on Mondays to discuss the latest developments in astronomy. Stargazer is no longer in production. The last episode aired on Oct. 16, 2023.

February 15 - 21, 2016 Stargazer: Gravitational Wave Detection

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Dave Lawrence
Published February 15, 2016 at 1:11 PM HST

In addition to several planets to try and spot this week, we learn more about last week’s discovery of gravitational waves as HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips.

Credit Maxwell Hamilton
An artistic impression of colliding black holes and the resulting gravitational waves, which were predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.
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Dave Lawrence
Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.
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