Frame-Dragging Animation (VIDEO)

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery

Caption

Artist's depiction of a neutron star orbiting a rapidly-spinning white dwarf. The white dwarf's spin drags the very fabric of space-time around with it, causing the orbit to tumble in space.

Credit

Mark Myers, OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence.

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