<ul><li>Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity.</li><li>The mission aims to pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to global supplies of fresh water.</li><li>The sensor, called Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf), uses ultra-cold rubidium atoms as test masses to measure differences in gravitational strength and locate gravitational anomalies.</li><li>This technology validation mission, scheduled to launch near the end of the decade, aims to test the novel technologies for manipulating interactions between light and matter at the atomic scale.</li></ul>

NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements

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