Horizon · SEASON 52
Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
Episode 8 · 2015-03-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
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...
60 minutes
Season 52 episodes
1. Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma2014-08-18
2. Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet2014-08-20
3. Allergies: Modern Life and Me2014-08-27
4. Inside the Dark Web2014-09-03
5. Ebola - The search for a cure2014-09-10
6. Is your Brain Male or Female?2014-09-29
7. Secrets of the Solar System2015-03-03
8. Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves2015-03-10
9. Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?2015-03-17
10. 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret2015-05-11
11. Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?2015-05-20
12. The Trouble with Space Junk2015-08-05
13. Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?2015-08-12
14. First Britons2015-08-19
15. OCD: A Monster In My Mind2015-08-26
16. Which Universe Are We In?2015-09-02
17. Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation2015-09-09
18. Are Video Games Really That Bad?2015-09-16
