Thursday, December 3, 2015

AP Mobile: Europe probe tests tech for detecting ripples in space time

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Europe probe tests tech for detecting ripples in space time

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BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency launched a rocket Thursday carrying two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so scientists can see how they'll behave in a freefall - at a cost of more than $450 million.

What may sound like a frivolous enterprise is actually the prelude to a far more ambitious mission that hopes to measure ripples in space time caused by bla...

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