Thursday, 20. November 2003
Topic: SCIENCE - on November 20, 2003 at 4:15:19 PM CET
The coolest experiment ever
Was Einstein right about general relativity?
Scientists are about to launch the coolest experiment ever, to measure the most intangible thing in the universe - a warp in space-time. The experiment has been 40 years in the making, and it could settle a puzzle that is almost 90 years old: was Albert Einstein right about general relativity? Do massive objects create a gravitational "well" around them into which things fall? Does a spinning planet drag space-time around with it?
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