Einstein's Gravity Playlist

Produced at Montana State University, this original Taylor Planetarium show explores Einstein’s famous theory that predicted the existence of gravitational waves through their discovery in February 2016. Sir Arthur Eddington observed a total solar eclipse on May 29, 1919, which confirmed Einstein’s theory. In 2019, this show was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this famous event.

Join Lucia, a PhD student in physics, on an exploration of how gravitational waves are formed, how they move through the Universe, and how scientists work to hear them. Discover how a century after Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1916, scientists finally detected these waves using incredibly precise laser technology on Earth.

In honour of this long-anticipated detection, the scientists who created the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017.

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