Signals from the Universe | Tomorrow Today
- 8 years ago
In early 2016, researchers announced that they had confirmed the existence of gravitational waves -- tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by cataclysmic events in the universe, such as the explosion of a star. German physicist Karsten Danzmann, an expert on gravitational waves, explains why their discovery is so important, and outlines the impact it will have on scientific research.