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This effect is driven by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026 And yet, dark matter might still be the answer to the puzzle of why the Universe appears to gravitate in this bizarre fashion, unexplainable by normal matter and general relativity on their own.—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026 Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon first predicted by Einstein in the 1915 theory of gravity known as general relativity.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026 That paper was crucial in the development of generative AI, and alone has 105,000 citations; for comparison, Einstein’s 1915 paper on general relativity has 11,000.—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general relativity