Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves …
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theory of general relativity
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Science Unmasked
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To answer what gravitational waves are, we must travel back in time to 1916. This was the year …
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Space
MICROSCOPE Mission Presents Most Precise Test of General Relativity’s Weak Equivalence Principle
by Troy OakesIn new studies published in Physical Review Letters and a special issue of Classical and Quantum Gravity, a team of researchers …
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Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the “mediocrity principle,” which, in essence, suggests …
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Technology
JILA Atomic Clocks Measure Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity at Millimeter Scale
by Troy OakesJILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, …
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Space
New Measurements of the Solar Spectrum Verify Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
by Troy OakesAnother win for Einstein’s theory of general relativity. An international team of researchers led by the Instituto de …