Why are we hunting for gravitational waves?

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 8 years ago
Paul McNamara, LISA Pathfinder's Project Scientist talks to Al Jazeera about the European Space Agency’s launch of a probe that will test technology to detect ripples in spacetime.

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