NASA's "Beyond Einstein" Program: Exploration at the Limits of Space & Time
Description
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicted results that were so incredible that even
he did not accept them: space is expanding from a Big Bang, space
itself contains an energy that is pulling the Universe apart from
within, and deep chasms of gravity called black holes actually exist.
Astonishingly, all of these wild ideas are now known to be true. But
now we need to build on Einstein's work to take the next step -- to
study the underlying physics of the very phenomena that came out of his
theories. NASA's Beyond Einstein program consists of a series of space
missions, large and small, that push Einstein's theories to their
limits, using increasingly more sensitive probes. The two flagship
missions now in development, Constellation-X and LISA, will explore
extremes of space, measuring X-rays and gravitational waves. The
smaller missions, the Einstein probes, will target specific science
questions such as "What is Dark Energy?" and "What powered the Big
Bang?"
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