{"id":262110,"date":"2024-10-09T16:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/09\/this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:54","slug":"this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/09\/this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness\/","title":{"rendered":"This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to quantum weirdness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08151009\/SEI_224873863.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2451099\" data-caption=\"How can we test whether gravity is quantum?\" data-credit=\"AndreusK\/Getty Images\/iStockphoto\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">How can we test whether gravity is quantum?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">AndreusK\/Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Though physicists have competing ideas of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article-topic\/quantum-gravity\/\">quantum gravity<\/a> could be like, they have yet to definitively determine whether the gravity that we experience is quantum at all. A new proposal lays out a way to dispute or affirm this by observing whether a quantum object\u2019s state is affected when its gravity is measured.<\/p>\n<p>Physicists have repeatedly shown that tiny objects are subject to quantum effects, but for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2369081-strange-quantum-effect-observed-in-unusually-large-object\/\">large objects<\/a> whose behaviour is highly affected by gravity \u2013 with black holes being the most extreme example \u2013 the same\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2450989-this-test-could-reveal-whether-gravity-is-subject-to-quantum-weirdness\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] How can we test whether gravity is quantum? 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