• vrighter
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    we have gained from this awesome coincidence. A solar eclipse was used to prove einstein’s theories the first time. This coincidence was exactly what they needed to observe the stars which appear very close to the sun, without the sun’s light washing them out, and measure how much their light was bent by the sun’s mass. Too big or too small and it would have taken much longer to prove.

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      This event might have been harder but how many would have been easier to solve earlier in our history?