The Future of Gravitational Waves

Find out how gravitational waves are allowing us to unlock the secrets behind black hole formation and growth. Get your own Space Time t­shirt at Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Help translate our videos! Challenge question solution First Detection of Gravitational Waves Nuclear Physics Challenge Question Previous Episode On September 14th, 2015 LIGO announced the first detection of a gravitational wave. This was hailed at the time as the dawn of gravitational wave astronomy. However that’s only true if the we ever detect another gravitational wave. Now we have. On December 26th LIGO again observed the merger of two different black holes. Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Calculation Details: Challenge Winners: Antonio Zizola Zachary Gazzillo Brook Jilek Alex McGaw Suren Gourapura Amanda Klaeger