Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
On 11 February the scientific world was turned upside down: on that day researchers announced that they had measured gravitational waves the first time. The Tuesday evening lecture at Physics@Veldhoven 2017 was about this groundbreaking discovery. Gravitational waves are ripples of space-time, which (in the case of this measurement) have been caused by two black holes that rotated around each other and eventually merged.
About the conference: Physics@Veldhoven is a large congress that provides a topical overview of physics in the Netherlands. It is organised by NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research , and takes place each year in January. Traditionally, young researchers are given the chance to present themselves and their work alongside renowned names from the Dutch and international physics community. The programme covers Light and matter, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Statistical physics and Soft condensed matter, Surfaces and interfaces, Physics of fluids, Subatomic physics, Plasma and fusion physics, and Strongly correlated systems.
On 11 February the scientific world was turned upside down: on that day researchers announced that they had measured gravitational waves the first time. The Tuesday evening lecture at Physics@Veldhoven 2017 was about this groundbreaking discovery. Gravitational waves are ripples of space-time, which (in the case of this measurement) have been caused by two black holes that rotated around each other and eventually merged.
About the conference: Physics@Veldhoven is a large congress that provides a topical overview of physics in the Netherlands. It is organised by NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research , and takes place each year in January. Traditionally, young researchers are given the chance to present themselves and their work alongside renowned names from the Dutch and international physics community. The programme covers Light and matter, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Statistical physics and Soft condensed matter, Surfaces and interfaces, Physics of fluids, Subatomic physics, Plasma and fusion physics, and Strongly correlated systems.
