Na-na! I was right!(Science) (Albert Einstein's theory of relativity) (Brief article)

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Albert Einstein may have had the most brilliant scientific mind of all time, but even Einstein's theories need to be scientifically proved. Through their own observations, astronomers had long been convinced that Einstein's 1916 General Theory of Relativity was on the mark. But the theory's implications that the universe is expanding, and that matter and energy distort time and space-just as a bowling ball would distort a trampoline-took a lot more time than most...