KAKU ON BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: EINSTEIN IS RIGHT!

Scientists at LIGO, a joint scientific collaboration of Caltech and MIT, have proven the existence of gravitational waves — strange ripples in space-time foreseen by Albert Einstein over a century ago in his enduring general theory of relativity and evidenced by LIGO‘s groundbreaking achievement. The discovery is heralded as "the breakthrough of the century" and a clear vindication for Einstein’s work.

Via remote feed from Amsterdam, CBS NEWS science and futurist contributor, Dr. Michio Kaku, joined LIGO scientist Duncan Brown on a live CBSN broadcast to explain what it all means and why it matters. Kaku proclaimed, "This is going to open up a whole new chapter in astronomy and cosmology," adding his assertion that the emergence of gravity-wave astronomy offers "a window on creation itself." WATCH NOW!