Gravitational waves discovered: scientists explain why it is such a big deal
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Historic beauty.NASA/ESA/wikipedia commonsIt’s one of the biggest scientific discoveries of modern times. Scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced that they had detected gravitational waves for the first time.
For decades, physicists have been trying to prove the existence of the elusive waves,...








