Congratulations to Dr. Barry Barish, Dr. Rainer Weiss, and Dr. Kip Thorne (pictured above left-right at #WSF16) for winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for the detection of gravitational waves! We were so honored to have you at the 2016 Festival. And to the whole LIGO team—great work! . . . . . . . . #science #excited #nobel #nobelprize #WSF #worldsciencefestival #gravitationalwaves #physics #nobellaureate #smart #verysmart #einstein #proof #congrats #thankyou #news #breakingnews #nobelseason