Falling objects in orbit show Einstein was right — again
An experiment provides the most precise confirmation yet of a key tenet of general relativity
![illustration of the orbiting MICROSCOPE experiment satellite with earth in the background](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/091322_JR_microscope-experiment_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The final results from the orbiting MICROSCOPE experiment (illustrated) provide the most precise confirmation yet that all things fall the same way under the influence of gravity.
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