“Exploring Einstein’s Universe”

In this talk, Michael Kramer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn describes some of the experiments conducted by astronomers to test Einstein’s theory—using objects and methods that Einstein himself could not have imagined. Remarkably, some of these findings even affect aspects of our everyday lives.
The universe is full of fascinating objects in conditions we will never be able to reproduce in Earth-based laboratories. Thanks to astronomical observations, we can explore this universe and test some of the fundamental laws of nature that we determine here on Earth.

This lecture, delivered in March 2018, is part of the astrophysics series ‘The Science of the Cosmos, the Science in the Cosmos’, tackles the fundamental questions in contemporary astrophysics. The lectures in the sixth edition focus on our cosmic origin, as well as the fact that

In this talk, Michael Kramer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn describes some of the experiments conducted by astronomers to test Einstein’s theory—using objects and methods that Einstein himself could not have imagined. Remarkably, some of these findings even affect aspects of our everyday lives.
The universe is full of fascinating objects in conditions we will never be able to reproduce in Earth-based laboratories. Thanks to astronomical observations, we can explore this universe and test some of the fundamental laws of nature that we determine here on Earth.

This lecture, delivered in March 2018, is part of the astrophysics series ‘The Science of the Cosmos, the Science in the Cosmos’, tackles the fundamental questions in contemporary astrophysics. The lectures in the sixth edition focus on our cosmic origin, as well as the fact that gravity, the most familiar and important force in the universe’s evolution, continues to pose some challenging questions.