Can the eclipse tell us if Einstein was right about general relativity?
He probably was, but astronomers will put his 1915 theory to the test with DIY experiments
![example of gravitational lensing](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/story-5_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
TRICK OF THE LIGHT Einstein showed that spacetime warps around massive bodies and makes light take different paths, as shown in this stellar smile in which a red galaxy distorts the light from a more distant blue galaxy.
ESA/Hubble, NASA