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Physicists measure smallest gravitational field yet

11 Mar 2021
two gold spheres, one at the end of a rotatable rod, the other fixed
Fine balance The researchers measured the gravitational field between two gold masses of 1mm radius each that are brought close to each other. (Courtesy: Tobias Westphal, University of Vienna)
Physicists in Austria have measured the gravitational field from the smallest ever object: a gold sp

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