Scientific staff, Max Planck Institute
I am an Astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. I use large radio telescopes to observe dead stars and understand gravity.
Warp factor: we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and time
Jan 31, 2020 03:55 am UTC| Science
One of the predictions of Einsteins general theory of relativity is that any spinning body drags the very fabric of space-time in its vicinity around with it. This is known as frame-dragging. In everyday life,...
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