Horizon
Season 52 Episode 8 - Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
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Documentary
Horizon travels to the South Pole to tell the inside story of the greatest scientific quest of our time. In March 2014, a team of astronomers stunned the scientific world when they announced that their BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole had possibly detected a signal of “gravitational waves” from the early universe. This is the inside story of the hunt for gravitational waves from the beginning of time. How the BICEP2 team came close to making one of the greatest discoveries of the century – and what happened when it all began to unravel...
Episodes in Season 52
1
Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma
60 min
2
Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet
60 min
3
Allergies: Modern Life and Me
60 min
4
Inside the Dark Web
60 min
5
Ebola - The search for a cure
60 min
6
Is your Brain Male or Female?
60 min
7
Secrets of the Solar System
60 min
8
Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
60 min
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Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
Which Universe Are We In?
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17
Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation
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18
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