Gravitational Wave Background Discovered?
February 17, 2021
19 min
Season 2021 - Episode 5: Gravitational Wave Background Discovered?
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
It was pretty impressive when LIGO detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Well we’ve just taken that to the next level with a galaxy-spanning gravitational wave detector that may have detected a foundational element of space itself - the gravitational wave background.
Episode Information
TV Show
PBS Space Time
Season
Season 2021
Episode Number
5
Air Date
February 17, 2021
Runtime
19 minutes