After just two years in orbit, ESA’s GOCE satellite has gathered enough data to map Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision. Scientists now have access to the most accurate model of the ‘geoid’ ever ...
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China debuts ‘world’s mightiest’ centrifuge hitting 300 times Earth’s gravity
China, on September 29, launched the world’s largest centrifuge in terms of capacity. The machine, called CHIEF1300, can ...
Researchers think they’ve found the reason for the most significant drop in Earth’s gravity, known as the Indian Ocean geoid low. In this location in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka, our planet’s ...
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