https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/newton/ Recent content in Newton on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-may-29-1919-solar-eclipse-proves-relativity/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-may-29-1919-solar-eclipse-proves-relativity/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/benchmarks-may-29-1919-solar-eclipse-proves-relativity/Dyson,%20Eddington,%20Davidson" alt="" loading="eager" decoding="async"> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/benchmarks-may-29-1919-solar-eclipse-proves-relativity/Cristian%20Matei" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </figure> <p>On May 29, 1919, the moon&rsquo;s silhouette crept slowly over the sun, bringing premature night to observers in a broad swath of the Southern Hemisphere between South America and Africa. Few onlookers realized that this event would provide the first successful test of Albert Einstein&rsquo;s theory of relativity.</p>