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Cold Atom Interferometry Tests Einstein's Equivalence Principle in Space and Lab

Two independent experiments using cold atom interferometry have tested the weak equivalence principle, one aboard China's space station and another in a laboratory freefall apparatus, both confirming Einstein's general relativity holds at new levels of precision.

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Two independent experiments using cold atom interferometry have tested the weak equivalence principle, one aboard China's space station and another in a laboratory freefall apparatus, both confirming Einstein's general relativity holds at new levels of precision.