Can You Test Einstein's Theory Of Relativity In The Lab?
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 15:14
in Astronomy & Space
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, which describes how the gravity of a massive object like a star can curve space and time, has been successfully used to predict the bending of starlight by the sun, small shifts in the orbit of the planet Mercury and the phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. read more
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