# @uchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BaUAgdKn_Bd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18617404-uchicago-instagram
- **Posted:** 2017-10-16T14:42:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The University Of Chicago (@uchicago) — https://gondola.cc/uchicago

## Caption

"I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime." Scientists announced today they detected gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars, which sent ripples through the fabric of spacetime--and gave off a bright flash of light, long enough for telescopes around the world to point in that direction of the sky. 
#UChicago physicist Daniel Holz, part of the international #LIGO-Virgo collaboration, used the discovery to make a new calculation of the size of the universe and how fast it's expanding.

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## Tags

uchicago, ligo

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