23 science facts which were unknown till the start of 2016.
The scientists of Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Obervatory won the award for the Gravitational Wave Detection. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has awarded LIGO a special prize of $3 million in Fundamental Physics. The discovery of space-time ripples with the collision of two black holes lead the scientists of LIGO for this honor.
Science has announced its 2016 Breakthrough of the Year to be the discovery of tiny ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves.