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Scientists strike gold with gravitational waves

Video. Scientists strike gold with gravitational waves

Updated: 17/10/2017 - 5:02 GMT+2

For the first time scientists have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, with light from the same cosmic event.

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