Celebrating the 20th century's most important experiment
Friday, May 29, 2009 - 08:42
in Astronomy & Space
In 1919, the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) launched an expedition to the West African island of Principe, to observe a total solar eclipse and prove or disprove Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Now, in a new RAS-funded expedition for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009), scientists are back...