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鈥檚 century-old predictions.
Space officials said such research would give China an opportunity to become a 鈥渨orld leader鈥 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 鈥渟upreme ultimate鈥 of Chinese philosophy, would send satellites of its own into orbit or share equipment with the European Space Agency鈥檚 eLISA initiative.
Physicist Hu Wenrui said: 鈥淚f we launch our own satellites, we will have a chance to be a world leader鈥 in gravitational wave research.
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