Friday, October 22, 2004

Warped Satellites Prove Einstein Theory -Scientists

Yahoo! News - Warped Satellites Prove Einstein Theory -Scientists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Einstein was right -- again. Satellites that have been pulled slightly off their orbits show that the Earth is indeed twisting the fabric of space-time as it rotates, scientists said on Thursday.
They said their findings are the first to directly measure and prove an important aspect of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity -- that a rotating body warps and twists the "fabric" that combines the three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension of time.

Chalk another one up for Relativity! Now if the Gravity Probe B returns the same results it will pretty much stop the clock (clock, time....get it? What do you expect, it's early) on any lingering debate about its validity.

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