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Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Gravitational lensing was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Cosmic Fudge Factor The story starts with Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity predicted the existence of black holes.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
More than 100 years later, Karl Schwarzschild and Robert Oppenheimer brought his dark-star idea into alignment with Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Gravitational lensing was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Cosmic Fudge Factor The story starts with Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity predicted the existence of black holes.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
More than 100 years later, Karl Schwarzschild and Robert Oppenheimer brought his dark-star idea into alignment with Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
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“General relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20relativity. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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