Open AccessGravity probe shows Einstein got it right again
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52304_11.x
Subject(s) - einstein , physics , astronomy , geodesy , astrophysics , classical mechanics , geology
Gravity Probe B, the NASA mission to carry out the most sensitive test yet of general relativity, has concluded that Einstein was right. The team measured the predicted distortion of spacetime around Earth from the mass of the planet, and demonstrated that the rotation of the Earth does indeed twist spacetime, causing frame dragging.