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Planet caught in a gravitational ‘tidal storm’ is so hot that it glows

One rocky planet might be so hot it glows ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser A distant world is being stretched by the…

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The physicist searching for quantum gravity in gravitational rainbows

THE fans roar into life, pumping air upwards at 260 kilometres per hour. Decked out in a baggy blue jumpsuit,…

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A teeny device can measure subtle shifts in Earth’s gravitational field

There’s a new entrant in the competition to develop ever-tinier instruments that can detect changes in our planet’s gravitational field…

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ESA will send a triangle of satellites into space to study gravitational waves

A precisely arranged triangle of three satellites shooting laser beams at each other truly sounds like science fiction. But the…

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