It ’s official : we ’ve right away detect gravitative waves . And unless you happen to be a PhD physicist , you probably have a few questions . Gizmodo is here to help .

Well , actually , Dr. Amber Stuver of the LIGO Livingston Observatory in Louisiana is here to help . She ’s one of the many physicists involved in the painstaking , calendar month - tenacious data analysis culminating in this forenoon ’s big announcement . And she ’s graciously agreed to field your question about what is hand - down the great science story of the year .

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