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Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth with our astrophysicist host: Matthew O’Dowd.

Spoken has transcripts of 292 PBS Space Time episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 21, 2026.

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Latest PBS Space Time transcripts

Neutron Stars Collide in New LIGO Signal?

October 21, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:30)

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Matt O'Dowd (1:03)

This episode is brought to you by Curiosity Stream. Last year, LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. But only a few weeks ago, a new rumor emerged that LIGO had, for the first time, spotted gravitational waves from the collision…

When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, LIGO, detected gravitational waves from a pair of merging black holes, an entirely new realm of the universe opened up to science.

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