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*In late 2015 (and announced in 2016), the LIGO instruments directly detected gravitational waves allegedly from colliding [[black hole]]s.  See [[Gravitational waves]].  Unlike the waves from orbiting pulsars, that could only be detected by the loss of rotation energy, the waves from colliding black holes were strong enough to be detected directly.  There is inherent circularity in this approach, however, because it relies on assumptions about the existence and nature of black holes which cannot be verified independently.

*In late 2015 (and announced in 2016), the LIGO instruments directly detected gravitational waves allegedly from colliding [[black hole]]s.  See [[Gravitational waves]].  Unlike the waves from orbiting pulsars, that could only be detected by the loss of rotation energy, the waves from colliding black holes were strong enough to be detected directly.  There is inherent circularity in this approach, however, because it relies on assumptions about the existence and nature of black holes which cannot be verified independently.

*In 2018 an observation of the 3-body system PSR J0337+1715, consisting of 2 white dwarfs and a pulsar, allegedly confirmed general relativity, under conditions of extremely high gravity, to enormous precision if circular assumptions are made.  In an assertion similar to others made by relativity researchers without emphasizing the underlying assumptions, one stated "If there is a difference [between observation and the prediction of the Equivalence Principle], it is no more than three parts in a million."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/einstein-s-theory-relativity-passes-its-toughest-test-yet-ncna889021</ref>

*In 2018 an observation of the 3-body system PSR J0337+1715, consisting of 2 white dwarfs and a pulsar, was consistent with (and hence tended to confirm) general relativity under conditions of extremely high gravity, to enormous precision.  The assumptions made were the same as those listed above for the 1919 eclipse analysis.  One of the researchers stated "If there is a difference [between observation and the prediction of the Equivalence Principle], it is no more than three parts in a million."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/einstein-s-theory-relativity-passes-its-toughest-test-yet-ncna889021</ref>

 

*In 2018, observations of a star orbiting the supermassive black hole "Sagittarius A*" at the center of our galaxy, showed that the light was stretched from the black hole's gravity just as relativity predicted.  The star orbits Sagittarius A* at speeds of up to 16 million miles per hour.  This was the first observation of such intense gravity.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/einstein-s-theory-relativity-aces-its-first-black-hole-test-ncna896641</ref>

*An additional test of general relativity was performed with radio signals to the Cassini spacecraft.<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v425/n6956/full/nature01997.html</ref>

*An additional test of general relativity was performed with radio signals to the Cassini spacecraft.<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v425/n6956/full/nature01997.html</ref>