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Kepp | Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 17:53 |
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Level: 5 CS Original | ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2011) -- All observations in astronomy are based on light (electromagnetic radiation) emitted from stars and galaxies and, according to the general theory of relativity, the light will be affected by gravity. At the same time all interpretations in astronomy are based on the correctness of the theory of relatively, but it has been difficult to accurately test Einstein's theory of gravity on scales larger than the solar system. Now astrophysicists at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute have managed to measure how the light is affected by gravity on its way out of galaxy clusters. The observations confirm the theoretical predictions. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928131758.htm | |||||
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