About 1.3 billion years ago, two black holes slammed into each other, sending ripples in space-time through the cosmos. Three scientists who were integral in detecting these so-called gravitational waves for the first time were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physics this morning (Oct. 3).
Rainer Weiss of MIT, Kip S. Thorne of Caltech and Barry C. Barish, also at Caltech, "have ensured that more than four decades of effort led to gravitational waves finally being observed," according to NobelPrize.org.
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Great article Matti...Observing gravitational waves, amaazing.