LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!

The lasers have wiggled! Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Help translate our videos! Today, over 100 years after Einstein proposed his theory of general relativity, we are proud to announce that his final major prediction has been verified! Gravitational waves have officially been detected by LIGO! We are still getting details as the teams of physicists go over the data, but this is a huge deal, and is an exciting new step in understanding our universe. Have Gravitational Waves Been Discovered?!? ______________________ COMMENTS: TheRealBileth Laura Lorca Fabio Brady Chris Valentine ______________________ FURTHER READING: NASA's HAVOC Program Andy Howell on the science of The Martian ______________________ Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)