2015.11.30

THE BLACK HOLE TEST

General relativity has never been tested in places where the effects of gravity become truly extreme—for example, at the edge of a black hole. That will soon change

COURTESY OF CHI-KWAN CHAN UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

COURTESY OF CHI-KWAN CHAN UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

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