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What was the name of the first gravitational wave event detected by LIGO?
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GW150914
What phenomenon describes the bending of light around massive objects?
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Gravitational lensing
What is the name of the four-dimensional geometry in special relativity?
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Minkowski spacetime
Who first solved Einstein's field equations for a point mass?
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Karl Schwarzschild
What is the boundary around a black hole that nothing can escape?
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Event horizon
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What phenomenon describes the bending of light around massive objects?
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Gravitational lensing
What is the name of the four-dimensional geometry in special relativity?
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Minkowski spacetime
Who first solved Einstein's field equations for a point mass?
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Karl Schwarzschild
What is the boundary around a black hole that nothing can escape?
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Event horizon
How many microseconds per day do GPS satellites gain due to relativity?
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38 microseconds
What 1919 solar eclipse expedition confirmed Einstein's theory?
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Eddington expedition
What is the maximum speed limit in the universe?
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Speed of light
What is the name of the theory that describes gravity as curvature of spacetime?
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General relativity
What effect causes time to pass slower for a moving observer?
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Time dilation