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Originally Posted by Robh
For gravitational lensing to occur, you need a bright distant object with a massive body (e.g. the Sun) between it and the Earth. The massive body's gravity will curve the space around it and in effect act as a lens. Thus, the distant object's light is seen to bend around the massive body on its way to the Earth. This effect was first confirmed by Arthur Eddington in a 1919 solar eclipse, when the light of distant stars was bent at the Sun's rim.
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Hasn't that 1919 finding since been determined to be wishful thinking? The margin of error in the data is supposed to make any conclusion unsafe.