The universe speaks, Clark alumnus hears

Cody Messick ’10 is part of a scientific discovery supporting Albert Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves

Illustration by LIGO/Tim Pyle

Clark alumnus Cody Messick spends most of his waking hours out of this world. He’s part of a team of scientists that confirmed the sound of space-time compressing, cosmic events that occurred one billion years ago when black holes collided. Three of the top scientists on the project won a Nobel Prize in physics in October 2017.

Fascinating isn’t it? Want to know more?

• Read about Messick’s journey with black holes
• Cody Messick is Clark College’s 2017 Rising Star
• Clark professor explains how gravitational waves work
• Discovery of gravitational waves
• Fourth gravitational wave detected
• Learn more about LIGO discoveries

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