There are many good videos on youtube that do a good job explaining what gravitational waves are and how we detect them. Many of these were made in response to

There are many good videos on youtube that do a good job explaining what gravitational waves are and how we detect them. Many of these were made in response to the first detection, and they do a pretty good job explaining it in laymans terms. I personally really like veritasiums video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iphcyNWFD10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iphcyNWFD10