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LARES-2 satellite measures frame-dragging effect around the Earth

By: Ignazio Ciufolini · Antonio Paolozzi · Erricos C. Pavlis · John C. Ries · Claudio Paris · Emiliano Ortore · Richard Matzner · Magdalena Kuzmicz-Cieslak · Darpanjeet Deka · Despina E. Pavlis · Patrick Schreiner · Wei-Tou Ni · Roger Penrose · Vahe Gurzadyan

8 July 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10715-0

Using LARES-2, LAGEOS and GRACE satellites, researchers measured Earth’s frame-dragging with unprecedented precision, strongly confirming general relativity, constraining alternative gravity theories, and improving measurements of Earth’s tides.