{"id":185,"date":"2010-06-03T20:41:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T01:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=185"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:34:34","slug":"ligo-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ligo-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Professor Leads Million-Dollar Laser Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 A University of Mississippi professor will serve  as the principal investigator for a $1 million astronomy outreach  program that premiered today in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAstronomy\u2019s New Messengers: Listening to the Universe with  Gravitational Waves\u201d is being presented in conjunction with the World  Science Festival in New York and is funded by the National Science  Foundation and the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave  Observatory) Scientific Collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LIGO scientific endeavor is motivated by the same desire for  exploration, the curiosity for the unknown and the awe of nature which  motivated humankind throughout millennia of history,\u201d said Mark  Cavaglia, principal investigator for Astronomy\u2019s New Messengers and UM  assistant professor of physics and astronomy. \u201cIn this respect, science  and art are two facets of the same human quest for beauty and truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interpretive exhibition offers an up-close look at the work of a dynamic group of more than 800 physicists and astronomers from  across the globe. These scientists have joined together to search for  gravitational waves from the most violent astrophysical events in the universe.<\/p>\n<p>According to a LIGO press release, the LIGO telescope is  revolutionary in its ability to observe, for the first time, ripples in  the fabric of space-time caused by massive cosmic events. The  interactive exhibit, which opened June 2, features a model  interferometer with laser, a space-time curvature simulation, a  light sculpture representing the universe, games to find the hidden  gravitational wave in the static universe and a mirror from the real  LIGO.<\/p>\n<p>The June 2 premiere is the beginning of a two-year innovative  outreach project on art and science to be administered by the University  of Mississippi. The Astronomy\u2019s New Messengers exhibit will be open  daily June 2-6 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Broad Street Ballroom, 41  Broad Street, New York. 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