Mar 1
Manship Theatre Baton Rouge, LA
TicketsDr. Brian O'Reilly
Lead Scientist at LIGO Livingston Observatory
Interstellar— Time, Gravity, and the Cosmos
Program Description
Blast off into the cosmos with Dr. Brian O’Reilly, lead scientist at LIGO Livingston Observatory.
Time, Gravity, and the Cosmos: Exploring Interstellar with LIGO unveils the real science behind gravitational waves, black holes, and time-bending phenomena—powered by LIGO’s own groundbreaking discoveries.
Discover how humanity’s quest for the stars leaps from screen to reality and experience a night where science fiction and scientific discovery collide on the big screen.
Film Synopsis
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.
In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
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About the Speaker
Dr. Brian O'Reilly is a lead scientist at LIGO Livingston Observatory. Originally from Galway, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, where he studied what we can learn about astrophysical objects like black holes from their gravity, and what we can learn about gravity from astronomical observations.