Astronomy
The Detection of Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Inspirals
Quick fact
On August 17, 2017, scientists detected gravitational waves from two neutron stars colliding 130 million light-years away—and within seconds, telescopes across the globe saw the flash of light from the same event.
Why this is interesting
You know how ripples form when you drop a stone in a pond? Now imagine that pond is the fabric of space and time itself. What happens when two dead stars orbit closer and closer until they crash?