SciShow Space | Why We're Building Underground Telescopes

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Episode Title: Why We're Building Underground Telescopes
Produced by: SciShow Space
Description: Get 10% off today —WITH FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING—by going to http://ridge.com/SPACE and use code “SPACE” at check out. Obviously most telescopes need to see the sky to do their job, but when you are studying a wave that can pass right through the earth, the best place for your telescope might be underground. Host: Caitlin Hofmeister SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.et-gravitational wave.eu/ https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-is-interferometer https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07867-z http://www.et-gravitational wave.eu/index.php/etdsdocument https://gravitational wavecenter.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/archives/1075 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/advanced-information/ https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2019/05/Two-University-academics-awarded-the-prestigious-royal-society-wolfson-fellowship.aspx https://www.elisascience.org/articles/lisa-mission/first-gravitational-wave-observatory-space/mission-concept https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04157-6 https://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-O1StochNonGR/index.php ------ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/big-set-of-solar-system-space-shuttle-illustration-and-astronomy-observatory-the-gm877959764-244905897 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12740 https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20150731f https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20150731a https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20170927b https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In-construction_KAGRA_gravitational-wave_detector.jpg https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000415.html https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast64b/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11086 https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20170927e https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/multi-country-travel-receipts-from-europe-gm909207524-250433673 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blank-note-gm175399708-20053728 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/old-wallet-gm173025556-7370809 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mini-ticket-gm174783280-22058205 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/overflowing-briefcase-gm117591761-8122947 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blank-red-admission-ticket-gm116571815-5572341 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/wierzchowska-gorna-cave-with-stalactites-and-stalagmites-in-wierzchowie-poland-gm157721344-7758717


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