|Home > World News > Article|
Researchers used 10 radio telescopes scattered across the Earth from Hawaii to Germany to measure precisely how light from a distant quasar - a type of star - was bent as it passed by Jupiter on its way to Earth. Jupiter is in the precise position for such a measurement only once a decade.
To make the measurement, the instruments had to detect a minute deflection of light. Fomalout compared the required precision to being able to measure the size of a coin on the moon's surface.
University of Washington astronomer Craig Hogan said the discovery was "was an important advance for physics".
Printer friendly version Email to a friend
Also in World
Crisis eases as N Korea, US get set to renew vows
Scandal blow to Sharon's leadership
Britain moves to delay war until end of year
US defence spending could reach $US480 billion in next decade
Soft landing saves life of Turkish air crash survivor
Nauru parliament dumps PM Harris
Heavyweight senators push Bush to set greenhouse gas limits
Hundreds of fans celebrate Presley's 68th birthday
Cannibals massacring pygmies: claim
Schroeder scrambles to stop speculation about marriage
China plans nine space launch missions this year
Einstein was right - of course
|text | handheld (how to)||
Copyright © 2003. The Sydney Morning Herald.
|advertise | contact us|