Warp factor: we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and time
- Written by Matthew Bailes, ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology., Swinburne University of Technology
A white dward (centre) and its companion pulsar make for an excellent natural gravitational laboratory.Mark Myers/OzGrav
One of the predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity is that any spinning body drags the very fabric of space-time in its vicinity around with it. This is known as “frame-dragging”.
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