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NASA's Gravity Probe B Confirms Two Einstein Space-Time Theories

Posted on: May 24, 2011 - 4:58pm

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NASA's Gravity Probe B Confirms Two Einstein Space-Time Theories

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NASA's Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission has confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which the spacecraft was designed to test. The experiment, launched in 2004, used four ultra-precise gyroscopes to measure the hypothesized geodetic effect, the warping of space and time around a gravitational body, and frame-dragging, the amount a spinning object pulls space and time with it as it rotates.

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