Series exploring topical scientific issues. A look at the evidence of gravitational waves - ripples in space and time - discovered at the South Pole in March 2014.
Horizon travels to the South Pole to tell the inside story of the greatest scientific quest of our time.
In March 2014, a team of astronomers stunned the scientific world when they announced that their BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole had possibly detected a signal of 鈥済ravitational waves鈥� from the early universe. This is the inside story of the hunt for gravitational waves from the beginning of time. How the BICEP2 team came close to making one of the greatest discoveries of the century 鈥� and what happened when it all began to unravel...
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Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
Duration: 03:21
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Doing astronomy at the bottom of the earth
Duration: 01:51
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00:47Claude Debussy
Clair De Lune
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | David Briggs |
| Producer | David Briggs |
| Series Editor | Steve Crabtree |