Albert Einstein had a theory. MIT scientists help prove it a century later.
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Directed by Sarah Klein & Tom Mason of Redglass Pictures for the MIT School of Science. Originally appeared on nytimes.com (https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion...)

Executive Producer: Michael Sipser
Supervising Producer: Julia C. Keller
Editor: Tom Mason
Field Audio: John Osborne
Production Assistant: Patrice Howard
Associate Editor: Heather Martino
Graphics and Animation: Sean Latrelle
Color Grade: Stephen Derluguian
Sound Mix: Silver Sound

Special thanks to:
Rai Weiss, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Professors Nergis Mavalvala and Scott Hughes
In collaboration with the MIT School of Science

LIGO is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Additional thanks to:
The LIGO Team at MIT and CalTech
LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC)
LIGO Hanford
LIGO Livingston
Dean Michael Sipser
David Shoemaker
Marie Woods
Debbie Meinbresse
Laura Carter
Brittany Flaherty
Cliff Braverman
Koorosh Farchadi
Rachael Robinson
Ariel Weinberg

Music:
“Rise Up” by Ryan Sayward Whittier
“Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre” by Kevin MacLeod
“Gnossienne” by TransAlp
“La Ere Gymnopedie (Satie)” by Peter Johnston
“Hatching” by Jeff Lardner and Mark Allaway
“Persistence” by Paul Mottram
“Bodum” by Steven Gutheinz
“Anti Gravity” by Dan Skinner and Adam Skinner
“Infinity” by Steven Gutheinz
“Getting Away with Murder” by Luke Richards

Additional footage and graphics provided by:
LIGO footage provided by Kai Staats
LIGO 3D model provided by Caltech
Animation funded by Sonoma State, NSF grant 1404215.
Mary Jane Doherty, Gravity 1985
Einstein’s Messengers
National Science Foundation
Thomas Lucas Productions
European Space Agency
Space Telescope Science Institute
Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Project
Nobel Prize Foundation
CBS
MIT Museum
NASA
LIGO

Learn more about the latest findings from MIT-Caltech LIGO: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/mit