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Is the Earth in a Vortex of Space-Time?

Posted by Zonk on from the pinwheel-pinwheel-spin-me-around dept.

da6d writes "Apparently, we'll soon know for sure.... NASA has announced in an article that 'A NASA/Stanford physics experiment called Gravity Probe B (GP-B) recently finished a year of gathering science data in Earth orbit. The results, which will take another year to analyze, should reveal the shape of space-time around Earth--and, possibly, the vortex.'" More from the article: "If Earth were stationary, that would be the end of the story. But Earth is not stationary. Our planet spins, and the spin should twist the dimple, slightly, pulling it around into a 4-dimensional swirl. This is what GP-B went to space to check."

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  1. Hmmm by woolio · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How much does Anna Nicole Smith distort this vortex?

  2. Re:Purple Nurple Probe by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "No." Actually, this ain't a limb, shit, it's a fucking continent!

  3. Quick - step back! by kperson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are so close to the event horizon of the space-time vortex that letters are being sucked out of your post! Here, grab my hnd -- I'll pul you bck -- o sht! Nw IM to clos..!