22 June 2018
Most precise test of Einstein’s general relativity outside Milky Way
...We then compared these two ways to measure the strength of gravity — and the result was just what general relativity predicts, ... Einstein’s theory is the leading theory to explain how gravity works on a Universal scale and it has withstood vigorous...
November 2016
Simulating space in a bathtub
... have shown that weightlessness causes one’s body to become ‘de-trained’ - that is to lose its ability to properly react to gravity. In order to solve many applied and fundamental issues relating to this problem, scientists have to develop zero...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
...access to the market and to ensure scientists think about low gravity environments as a commodity The Center for the Advancement of ... to the market and to ensure scientists think about low gravity environments as a commodity. The work will have to be...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... of ‘soon’ is eight years. The concept of colonising the Moon predates humankind having even a basic knowledge of space, gravity and biological systems at both a pathway and molecular level. Contrary to the lack of scientific awareness at that point...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... accurate than a clock on Earth because our planet’s gravity will not interfere with the vibration of atoms housed inside... in a Big Bang. As t increased expansion slowed due to G (gravity) and M (mass). The equation predicts that c is still slowing at...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... the mission had to make use of a trick called gravity assist, whereby a trajectory is designed such that the spacecraft... flies in the vicinity of a planet, and uses its gravity field for a further acceleration in its heliocentric orbit - thereby...
