Horizon
Season 52 Episode 8 - Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
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
Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma
60 min
Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet
60 min
Allergies: Modern Life and Me
60 min
Inside the Dark Web
60 min
Ebola - The search for a cure
60 min
Is your Brain Male or Female?
60 min
Secrets of the Solar System
60 min
Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
60 min
Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?
60 min
70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret
60 min
Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?
60 min
The Trouble with Space Junk
60 min
Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?
60 min
First Britons
60 min
OCD: A Monster In My Mind
60 min
Which Universe Are We In?
60 min
Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation
60 min
Are Video Games Really That Bad?
60 min