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Physicists test the weak equivalence principle in an orbiting space station
Zhang et al. The weak equivalence principle (WEP) is central to Einstein's general relativity.
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A team led by Ming‑Sheng Zhan at the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics has conducted the first test of the weak equivalence principle aboard an orbiting space station, using clouds of continuously free‑falling atoms. The experiment examines whether gravity accelerates all matter equally, a core tenet of Einstein’s general relativity.
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