Louisiana Just Helped Make The Scientific Discovery Of The Decade

Years ago, this guy named Albert Einstein came up with a hypothesis about general relativity. Without boring you with 'science talk' let's just say the central point was about Gravitational Waves. And instead of writing out a lame explanation, lets watch this entertaining video:

Cool, now that we're up to date on what we're talking about, let's look at what JUST HAPPENED.

Today the National Science Foundation, along with Moscow State University, along with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, announced that have discovered the existence of gravitational waves.

This is a huge deal.

First of all, one of the LIGO facilities that participated in the findings is located in Livingston, Louisiana. Giving Louisiana a little credit in the research findings. But still, I'm sure you're curious about what the hell it all means.

After watching a lot of videos on the subject (shut up, I'm a dork), this is the best one I could find to explain: