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Re: The results of the Gravity Probe B experiments: Einstein was right Isaac Send a noteboard - 07/05/2011 06:33:09 PM
I was surprised none of our resident physicists posted on this. At any rate. I remember them sending it up, and on Wednesday they announced the results: there is a space-time vortex around the Earth, just like Albert said. (Although I am not sure the result is "epic"...)


One of the downsides of physics is that while everyone loves it, people generally find the parts that you find interesting incredibly boring, or you get some sidetrack like LHC=doomsday machine. I wouldn't call it epic though, it seems to be about as big a story as Camilla, which I can't help but mention under the circumstances. But it is relatively important, pardon the pun, nothing really new, just a pretty impressive experiment to put together, we already knew GR held at that scale, it really only would have mattered if the results came out all screwy, so more an epic feat of design and engineering then a spawner of groundbreaking data.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein

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The results of the Gravity Probe B experiments: Einstein was right - 07/05/2011 04:17:44 PM 657 Views
Neeeeeaaat. - 07/05/2011 04:26:40 PM 522 Views
Indeed - 07/05/2011 04:29:24 PM 553 Views
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I like this theory. - 07/05/2011 04:56:43 PM 517 Views
Yes - 07/05/2011 05:17:24 PM 496 Views
So cool. (And part of the "epic" is that it took 47 years to finish) - 07/05/2011 04:36:41 PM 472 Views
That would make the experiment epic, not the result - 07/05/2011 04:38:04 PM 455 Views
Re: The results of the Gravity Probe B experiments: Einstein was right - 07/05/2011 06:33:09 PM 593 Views
As one of those residents, I must say... - 07/05/2011 07:41:18 PM 459 Views
Re: As one of those residents, I must say... - 07/05/2011 07:44:27 PM 442 Views
Wasn't it already been proved with warping the light passing near Sun? *NM* - 07/05/2011 08:53:17 PM 269 Views
You mean Eddington? - 07/05/2011 09:31:43 PM 494 Views

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