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    GENERAL RELATIVITY PASSES ITS TOUGHEST TEST YET

    Jan 27, 2022 2 minutes
    Reported by Mike Wall

    eneral relativity has withstood perhaps its toughest challenge to date. The theory, which Albert Einstein published in 1915, revolutionised our understanding of physics and the cosmos. It explains gravity as a consequence of space-time’s flexibility: massive objects warp space-time, creating depressions around which other bodies orbit.

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