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How Can Gravity Bend Light?
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- Massive objects warp spacetime, causing light to follow curved paths.
- This gravitational lensing effect was confirmed during the 1919 solar eclipse.
- It allows astronomers to see distant galaxies that would otherwise be hidden.
- The bending angle depends on the mass of the object creating the gravitational field.
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