Scientists observe light bending from behind black hole for the first time, confirming Einstein's theory

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Scientists observe light bending from behind black hole for the first time, confirming Einstein's theory
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For the first time, scientists have been able to directly observe light bending from behind a black hole, something that Albert Einstein predicted would be possible under his theory of relativity.

TORONTO -- For the first time, scientists have been able to directly observe light bending from behind a black hole.

on Thursday. They used NASA’s NuSTAR telescope and the European Space Angency’s XMM-Newton telescope to observe a black hole in centre of the galaxy I Zwicky 1, located 800 million light-years away. “This magnetic field getting tied up and then snapping close to the black hole heats everything around it and produces these high energy electrons that then go on to produce the X-rays,” Wilkins said.

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