Gravitational waves: understand once and for all what they are!

As you know, the existence of gravitational waves has recently been confirmed by science, generating a huge excitement outside the world. But besides knowing that they were predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, what else do you know about this phenomenon?

For if you have any doubt what the blessed gravitational waves are after all and what the confirmation of their existence means, your problems are over! That's because the folks at the PhD Comics portal have developed an animation and an infographic that explain in an uncomplicated and straightforward way what they are. And you know the best? The material has already been translated into Portuguese! Check out:

Did you like the infographic? So take a look at the animation that PhD Comics created!

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