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According to Einstein's general relativity theory, light is deflected due to a gravitational pull. The light takes the shortest path in space-time, which is not the same as the shortest path in space. However, very large gravitational forces are required to get detectable deviations from the shortest path in space. When light from distant objects passes near very massive objects (such as super-massive black holes), the effect is relatively large. The deflection due to the gravitational pull of the earth is minuscule, but still detectable.

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