YouTube: The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: - the... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,229 views • 5:26

Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. Only a few weeks ago a new rumour emerged: that LIGO had, for the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 152 views • 15:51

Scientists have JUST published this new observation. On January 4th, 2017 they detected the merger of two black holes 3 billion light-years away. This marks the furthest detection they've been able to... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 508 views • 5:02

"That's Badass!" YouTube: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how Albert Einstein correctly predicted the existence of gravitational waves.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:07

From YT: It's okay to be smart!

WooHoo! Hank said Washington State! YouTube: Last week, it was announced that we've detected gravitational waves on Earth. Now, Hank explains what that means for the future and why it's such a huge deal.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 weeks ago • 564 views • 4:39

The sound of the collision from a billion light-years away is the first direct evidence of gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago.

posted by blacklotus90 9 years 1 month ago • 778 views • 4:36

Hank explains how a recent astronomical discovery made in Antarctica could change what we know about the birth of the universe, and the rules of physics that govern it. (Youtube)

posted by Fantomas 1 decade 11 months 4 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:59