Yesterday was an exciting day in the science world, when the detection of gravitational waves was announced. Scottish scientists were heavily involved in the collaboration which detected the gravitational waves.

For more information on gravitational waves, check out these links…

http://www.ligo.org/science/outreach.php

http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/infocus/themes/gravitationalwaves/thedetectionindetail/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35553549

A summary of the work can be found here.