General relativity’s wrong. That’s a thought many of us don’t like to consider. But what if there existed a nagging unresolved problem — say, for example, the eclipsing binary star DI Herculis — that worried at our certainty like a stray lump of mud worries Sherlock Holmes?
In fact, that's been the case for several decades . . . until now.
Our case begins over 30 years ago, when astronomer Edward Guinan (Villanova University) went to Iran to help set up an astronomy program and direct construction of the nation’s first high-powered telescope. Once the telescope was up and running, he took advantage of Iran’s pristine skies to do some research. He finished his project in 2 months.
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