Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 13:35
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics - along with colleagues from several countries - have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations of a binary-pulsar star system. Their results will be published July 3 in the journal Science.
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