On Monday, October 3rd, three people won the Nobel Prize for observing gravitational waves. But more than 1,000 scientists contributed to this discovery. These are the unsung heroes of LIGO. -- Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman Research: Cici Zhang Mark D. Kaufman Media Used (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kip_Thorne_at_Caltech.jpg -- FOLLOW POPULAR SCIENCE https://www.popsci.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/popsci Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/popsci Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popsci Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/popularscience Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/popularscience