Cosmic Coda: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Discovery

Tue Sep 30 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-04:00

314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139 | Cambridge

MIT Museum
Publisher/HostMIT Museum
Cosmic Coda: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Discovery
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Join us for an evening of film and conversation featuring Cosmic Coda, a documentary by MJ Doherty.
How do you build a machine to test an idea—Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity—that’s beyond most people’s comprehension? And what does an astrophysicist actually do on a regular Tuesday while probing the depths of space?
In Cosmic Coda, a naive grad student filmmaker asks these questions in 1985—then returns nearly 40 years later to continue the journey, capturing one of the most profound scientific discoveries of our time as it happens.
Through selected clips from the film and a live discussion with physicists Lisa Barsotti, David Kaiser, and Lyman Page, this special program traces the story of LIGO and the landmark detection of gravitational waves. Together, we’ll explore how our understanding of the universe—and the very nature of scientific discovery—has evolved across generations.
September 30
6 - 7:30pm
$15 General Admission, $5 for MIT ID Holders
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