general relativity
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Supermassive Black Hole Stretches Starlight, Proving Einstein Right Again
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity is magnificent. For a hundred years, it has consistently predicted all sorts of wacky phenomena scientists have later observed throughout space. One international team is now announcing that a 26-year-long observation campaign has once again confirmed the theory.
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We Might Be A Tiny Bit Wrong About Mercury’s Orbit
It turns out we may have Mercury’s orbit wrong. Not by much, but by enough that a future mission can measure it, test Albert Einstein’s landmark theory of general relativity, and further refine its mathematics.
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Test Of Einstein’s Theory Confirms The Sun Is Losing Mass
The best planet, Mercury, is in the midst of telling us something important about our sun: It’s losing mass.
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Scientists Weigh A Star Using Gravity, Proving Einstein Wrong By Proving Him Right
Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, called general relativity, is probably the best physics theory ever formulated. It just keeps working, often for things Einstein himself didn’t believe, like the accelerating expansion of the universe. Scientists only just proved some of its crazy predictions, like gravitational waves.