matthew evans: this is a huge this point we couldn' t hear anything from the stars, but with this we can actually listen to the stars. pam: they gathered at mit to celebrate and explain. it' s final confirmation of a part of albert einstein' s theory of relativity that masses in the universe collide, and send waves of energy at the speed of light. nergris malvalvala: the power of the explosion was brighter in that moment than all the shining stars in the universe . pam: astronomers at mit and caltech set up twin observatories called ligo which last fall -- after 28 years -- they heard something. >> it sounds like a chirp. something up in frequency so it would be a whoop kind of signal. pam: those waves slice right through matter and remain clean just like when they were created , acting -- nergis: as a messenger to carry information back to us here on earth, 1.3 billion light years away. pam: the next step, answering questions about how our world was formed. >> we can listen to things happening in the universe and this first signal is like the first big bump in the night. amy: that w