On the 29th May 1919 Albert Einstein's light-bending prediction is confirmed by Arthur Eddington

On the 29th May 1919 Albert Einstein's light-bending prediction is confirmed by Arthur Eddington
Einstein predicted that light should be bent by gravity. Sir Arthur Eddington lead an expedition to photograph the 1919 Total Eclipse of the Sun. The photographs revealed stars whose light had passed near to the Sun. Their positions showed that the light had been bent exactly as Einstein had predicted. The experiment was repeated in 1922 with another eclipse with the same confirmation.

The findings made Einstein a celebrity overnight, and precipitated the eventual triumph of general relativity over classical Newtonian physics.

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