Notorious ‘Big G’ gets a little larger
Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate new number
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RAISING G Physicists measured a slightly larger value of the gravitational constant, or “Big G,” using a torsion balance (shown above).
Courtesy of T. Quinn