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This bend in space and time would even affect the direction of light. As light passes near a large star, the light becomes like water flowing near a hole. If the mass is big enough, such as the mass of a collapsed star, then even light cannot escape. The space would contain a “black hole,” and light would disappear into it.
Einstein in 1947.
Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity. But he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his work on the photoelec...