5 Questions with Soumi De: PhD Student at Syracuse University

What is it like to be part of the biggest scientific discovery in recent years? We mean the Gravitational waves, which Einstein spoke about a 100 years ago. Soumi De, PhD student, researcher and member of the LIGO group, spoke to BrainGain magazine about her academics, and research work at Syracuse University, as well as her future plans.

Why LIGOs observation of gravitational waves is a big deal

The recently detected gravitational waves were barely perceptible. Yet scientists know they were caused by two massive black holes merging. They know how fast they were moving and how much energy was generated, although it happened 1.3 billion years ago