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Supermassive black hole puts Einstein’s theory to the test

Decades of data from the Milky Way’s black hole bear out predictions of general relativity.
Lasers from the two Keck Telescopes propagated in the direction of the Galactic center

Hawaii’s Keck telescopes pierce the sky with lasers that help to correct for atmospheric blurring. A new analysis of data from Keck and other observatories lends credence to general relativity. Credit: Ethan Tweedie

Even in the most extreme environments in our galaxy, light behaves as predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, a decades-long study suggests.

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Nature 572, 8 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02274-4

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