4. Capturing Starlight in the Darkness
During the totality of the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse, astronomers faced the challenge of photographing stars near the Sun’s obscured disk. Utilizing large glass photographic plates, they aimed to detect the deflection of starlight predicted by Einstein’s theory. Despite technical difficulties and suboptimal conditions, the captured images provided measurable data, confirming the bending of light and validating Einstein’s theory of general relativity. (theguardian.com)
