Multiple Choice
Which statement is NOT an observation confirming the predictions of general relativity?
A) Light is deflected in the curved space near the Sun.
B) The perihelion of the orbit of Mercury shifts more than the amount predicted by Newtonian physics.
C) Primordial black holes have been detected.
D) The spectra of stars exhibit the gravitational redshift.
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