Despite keeping us grounded and warping light that travels through space, gravity is actually quite a weak force.
The teams research ispublishedtoday in Science Advances.
Two realms of physics, quantum mechanics and Newtonian gravity, dont appear connected.
An artist’s impression of the quantum experiment.Illustration:University of Southampton
At least not yet.
The quantum realm is where the theories of classical physics break down.
The rules that govern our universe dont apply to those small masses.
The team measured a pull of 30 attonewtons on the test mass.
But plenty more can be revealed by looking down, at the same phenomena played out in Earthly laboratories.
But the recent experiment appears to have drawn a new line in the sand.
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