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Einstein passes cosmic test

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General relativity fits survey observations but there's still room for its rivals.

It's another victory for Einstein — albeit not a resounding one. General relativity has been confirmed at the largest scale yet. But the galactic tests used to put the theory through its paces cannot rule out all rival theories of gravity.

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