Tag Archives: Gravity Probe B

What Types of Sources Cause Gravitational Waves?

Posted on October 17, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Advanced LIGO is searching for gravitational waves – what will it find, and what will it mean? Caltech LIGO scientists Kip Thorne, Sarah Gossan, and Rana Adhikari answer your questions. More information: http://ligo.caltech.edu See Also: LIGO as video source page. … Continue reading →

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How to Find Black holes with Lasers

Posted on August 29, 2013 by PlatoHagel

In February 2013 I was invited by the Institute of Physics to give a lecture in the famous lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britainas part of their Physics in Perspective series. I was to expect about 400 … Continue reading →

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Gravity Probe B Proves Einstein Right

Posted on May 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Hmmmm…….only polite applause? Wee wobbles. Gravity Probe B measured slight canting of the spins of gyroscopes to measure two effects of general relativity. Credit: Bob Kahn/Gravity Probe B/Stanford University Fifty years after it was conceived, a $760 million NASA spacecraft … Continue reading →

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Testing Einstein’s Universe

Posted on November 30, 2006 by PlatoHagel

See larger picture of below hereComputer art showing the warping of space-time and the GP-B satellite. Artist: James Overduin and Pancho Eekels. Our aim is to make “spacetime” a relevant concept in your understanding of the universe, to make “gyroscopes” … Continue reading →

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