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Princeton University scientists (from left) Reinabelle Reyes, James Gunn and Rachel Mandelbaum led a team that analyzed more than 70,000 galaxies and demonstrated that the universe -- at least up to a distance of 3.5 billion light years from Earth -- plays by the rules set out by Einstein in his theory of general relativity.

Image: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Brian Wilson


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This image shows some of the 70,000 luminous galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey analyzed in this paper.

Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration