Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy Episode 16, The Heroic Detection of Gravitational Waves Episode 16, The Heroic Detection of Gravitational Waves.

Streaming video - 2021

Dig into what gravitational waves are, as well as the enormous observatories and groups of scientists that accomplished the mind-blowing task of detecting them. Focus on the work of teams led by Rai Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish, whose Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the tiny chirps of minuscule density waves in spacetime.