July 26, 2023 on The Story: Think of the fabric of the universe like a blob of really firm of Jell-O. If something hits Jell-O, it's going to jiggle — and if something big enough meets space-time, the so-called fabric of the universe? Same deal. At least, that's how the theory of gravitational waves goes, according to two Oregon State University scientists who were part of a team that recently detected large numbers of low-frequency gravitational waves moving throughout the universe. The discovery is just the beginning of what we could someday learn, and it could tell us a lot about what's going on in the universe, and where we all came from. Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw