Einstein Disco: Space-Aged Mirror Ball To Study Relativity Prediction

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 14:03 in Astronomy & Space

One of the payloads aboard the inaugural flight of Europe's Vega rocket will provide researchers with data on the Lense–Thirring or frame dragging effect which occurs when a small objects such as satellites rotate around massive bodies.

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