Gravity Probe B Given New Wings

The most complex satellite ever built was almost compromised by an extremely tiny flaw in its design, which made the results very hard to read and less precise than needed. The Gravity Probe B, as the device was called, was launched in 2004 with the goal of proving some aspects of Einstein�... [ read more >> ]

Gravity Probe B and the space-time fabric distortion

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Gravity Probe B and the space-time fabric distortion