Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
An international team of astrophysicists has found evidence for 'frame-dragging', a phenomenon where the spinning of a celestial body twists space and time. The discovery confirms Einstein's theory of General Relativity and provides new insights into the behavior of white dwarfs and neutron stars.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery · Jan 30, 2020 · first to report
- Pulsar-white dwarf binary system confirms general relativistic frame-dragging American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Jan 30, 2020