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To learn more about eclipses and safe viewing techniques, check out the various articles and videos on our Eclipse website: exploratorium.edu/eclipse/ This hands-on science video explains Einstein’s light-bending concept using nothing more than a wine glass and an LED light representing a star. Total solar eclipses have given astronomers the opportunity to view the stars surrounding the sun in a whole new light (pun intended). Einstein predicted that light should be bent by gravity. Sir Arthur Eddington lead an expedition to photograph the 1919 total eclipse of the sun. The photographs revealed stars whose light had passed near the sun. Their positions showed that the light had been bent exactly as Einstein had predicted. The experiment was repeated in 1922 with another eclipse, and again confirmed the prediction.