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Have Gravitational Waves Been Discovered?!?

Season 2 Episode 5

For the past 90 years, the predictions laid out Einstein's general theory of relativity have continued to be confirmed by experimental science. The last hold out is gravitational waves - the idea that certain gravitational events cause actual ripples in Spacetime. But have scientists done it?

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