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General relativity

Recorded year1915

Einstein describes gravity as curved spacetime.

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Special relativityRecorded · 1905enables

Led to

Expanding universeRecorded · 1929enables
GPSRecorded · 1995enables
Gravitational waves detectedRecorded · 2015enables
Solar-system time standardForecast · ~2055enables
Spacetime-curvature navigationForecast · ~2092enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.