July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
...This involved the discovery of the first pulsar in a binary system, which led to an important confirmation of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to astronomers Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor for “the...
20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
... 59 milliseconds (ms), could be used as natural stellar clocks as they moved in accordance with predictions made by Einstein in his theory of General Relativity. Arecibo was also famed for a radio message sent into space in 1974 which carried basic...
14 July 2022
Europe's Vega-C rocket makes successful debut flight
... adapted to future European needs.” The Italian Space Agency’s LARES-2 (Laser Relativity Satellite 2) is a 36.4 cm diameter passive sphere with laser mirrors for...dragging,” an intriguing phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
...Orbiter), carries 11 scientific payloads that will investigate Mercury’s gravitational field in detail, test Einstein’s theory of general relativity to a greater precision than ever before, and measure the topography and surface morphology of Mercury...
01 December 2015
LISA Pathfinder set for liftoff
... are therefore a signature of this inflationary phase and detecting these waves would be an additional confirmation of Einsteins Theory of General Relativity. ESA's space probe needs to get as far away from the pull of Earth’s gravity as possible...
10 April 2019
Ring of fire around black hole revealed for first time
... his colleague Michael Kramer also from the ERC, said Moedas. Predicted almost a century ago by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, black holes power some of the most extreme phenomena in the Universe and yet, providing direct evidence...
