The detection of gravitational waves
The detection of gravitational waves
The facts
| Dates | AD 2016 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The detection of gravitational waves falls 6020 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The landing of Mars Curiosity roverAD 2012The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraf lands on a cometAD 2014The Paris Climate AgreementAD 2015The launch of SpaceX’s reusable rocketAD 2015The first detection of a neutron star collisionAD 2017The COVID-19 pandemic beginsAD 2019The first image of a black holeAD 2019The first manned SpaceX missionAD 2020
Now see where it sits
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