30 July 2018
Test of Einstein’s general relativity theory successful after 26 years
... astronomers to use ESO's Very Large Telescope's instruments (GRAVITY, SINFONI and NACO) to make new infrared observations. ...the velocity of S2 towards and away from Earth and the GRAVITY instrument in the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) to make previously ...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
... system - a motorised lanyard attached to the top of the helicopter to provide an uninterrupted tug equivalent to two-thirds of Earth's gravity. While the team was understandably concerned with how the helicopter would fare on its first flight...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... part of daily life and is integrated into the schedule of the astronauts. Everything will be designed for a low-gravity environment: climbing walls, trampolines, suspended beds, and open function spaces are fundamental. Kraterhausen’s research will...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
... Mother Earth facilities. Space Train concept with gravity for astronauts with nuclear power and propulsion (...Earth-based to defeat the principal challenge - escaping the Earth’s gravity well. It is envisioned that there will be one Galactic Harbour ...
19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... alternative theories of gravitation. ESA's senior sat nav? Advisor Javier Ventura-Traveset explained that “while the Gravity Probe A experiment involved a single orbit of Earth, we will be able to monitor hundreds of orbits over the course of a year...
16 August 2021
Saturn's rings help reveal the planet has a "fuzzy" core
... other forms of wave – this is known as ring seismology and was a technique first developed in the 1980s. By incorporating gravity data with seismic measurements from Saturn’s rings, Christopher Mankovich and Jim Fuller at the California Institute...
