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In Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which casts gravitational attraction as objects following curves in space-time, the energy-momentum tensor tells space-time how to bend.
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
The Greek philosopher Thales is considered the world’s first scientist for successfully predicting an eclipse in 585 B.C.; an eclipse in 1919 proved that gravity bends light, an instrumental part of affirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Eddington traveled into the eclipse path to try and prove one of the most consequential ideas of his age: Albert Einstein’s new theory of general relativity.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Past eclipses have enabled scientists to study the sun’s structure, provide the first proof of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and even discover helium decades before the element was found on Earth.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The effect has been studied in the years since — including during the famous 1919 total solar eclipse that gave scientists important observations affirming Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Park’s team feeds the lunar and solar position data — alongside similar parameters for the planets and hundreds of asteroids, and corrections for things like pressure from the solar wind, and not just the laws of Newton’s gravity but the subtler tweaks of general relativity — into a computer model.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
More recently, an eclipse on May 29, 1919, enabled measurements that recorded the sun bending the path of light in accordance with, and thus verifying, Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Perhaps one of the most famous scientific milestones connected to an eclipse occurred on May 29, 1919, when a total solar eclipse provided evidence for Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which the scientist first systematically described in 1916, according to NASA.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
The Greek philosopher Thales is considered the world’s first scientist for successfully predicting an eclipse in 585 B.C.; an eclipse in 1919 proved that gravity bends light, an instrumental part of affirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Eddington traveled into the eclipse path to try and prove one of the most consequential ideas of his age: Albert Einstein’s new theory of general relativity.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Past eclipses have enabled scientists to study the sun’s structure, provide the first proof of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and even discover helium decades before the element was found on Earth.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The effect has been studied in the years since — including during the famous 1919 total solar eclipse that gave scientists important observations affirming Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Park’s team feeds the lunar and solar position data — alongside similar parameters for the planets and hundreds of asteroids, and corrections for things like pressure from the solar wind, and not just the laws of Newton’s gravity but the subtler tweaks of general relativity — into a computer model.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
More recently, an eclipse on May 29, 1919, enabled measurements that recorded the sun bending the path of light in accordance with, and thus verifying, Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Perhaps one of the most famous scientific milestones connected to an eclipse occurred on May 29, 1919, when a total solar eclipse provided evidence for Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which the scientist first systematically described in 1916, according to NASA.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
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