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March 2010
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gravitational wave

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Scientists have for the first time measured the speed of gravity and tested Einstein's assumption - or have they?

Tags: gravity : cosmology : Newtonian mechanics : general relativity : gravitational lensing : relativity : gravitational wave


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Did you know that every instant, gravity waves from outer space are stretching and squeezing you - and everyone and everything else in the universe? Learning more about this mysterious radiation will help us to probe the structure and origins of the universe, explains Anita Barnes.

Tags: gravity : LISA : LIGO : gravitational wave


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And what are gravitational waves?

Tags: gravity : cosmology : astronomy : gravitational wave detector : black hole : general relativity : Einstein : Newton : special relativity : gravitational wave