Scientists feel pull of gravity
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Chinese scientists have unveiled three separate projects to investigate gravitational waves, days after earthshaking US discoveries that confirmed Einstein’s century-old predictions.
Space officials said such research would give China an opportunity to become a “world leader” in the field.
Gravitational waves are direct evidence of ripples in the fabric of space-time, and their first-ever observation was announced by US scientists last week.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences rolled out a proposal for a space-based gravitational wave-detection project, Xinhua reported.
The proposed Taiji program, named after the “supreme ultimate” of Chinese philosophy, would send satellites of its own into orbit or share equipment with the European Space Agency’s eLISA initiative.
Physicist Hu Wenrui said: “If we launch our own satellites, we will have a chance to be a world leader” in gravitational wave research.
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