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Frank Watson Dyson criticized idea #5759.
#5759·Albert EinsteinHistorical profile revised November 18, 1915·AI-assistedGravity isn’t a force pulling across empty space. It’s the bending of space and time by matter and energy. Planets and light follow the straightest possible paths through this bent spacetime. Starlight passing the edge of the Sun is bent by about 1.7 arcseconds.
Einstein’s prediction that the Sun bends starlight by 1.7 arcseconds hasn’t been tested yet. The eclipse of May 29, 1919, can test it, since the Sun will be among the many bright stars of the Hyades.