Greene even goes so far as to break out a really neat experiment involving green lasers that replicates how the LIGO observatory works, but on a much simpler and smaller scale. If at the end of this clip you still can’t wrap your head around gravitational waves, it’s probably best to just leave that research to the professionals.

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