2016 has surely been one of the greatest years for science. It is the year when a 100-year old theory was confirmed after the LIGO detected Fast Radio Bursts that took place 1.3 Billion years ago. This year, Juno spacecraft reached Jupiter after five year long journey, New species were reported and a baby with 3 DNAs was born, and lots more.
It was only on February 11, 2016, that a breakthrough in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity that was proposed in 1915. He explained the collision of two massive celestial object that creates minutes ripples of Gravitational Waves. The breakthrough became the biggest science story of 2016 that has opened a new field of science.
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.
