Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Why The Gravitational Waves Discovery Matters [raw video]

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on the gravitational waves discovery raw video
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Just a half hour after the official gravitational waves discovery news came out, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson put it into perspective live in NY. [raw video]

aNewDomain — Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks off the cuff at a Feb. 11, 2016 Columbia University event a half hour after LIGO’s gravitational waves discovery news came out. In this raw video, Tyson discusses how the Laser Interferometer detected the collision of two black holes, the space-time distortions that resulted and what it all means.