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Why Can We Observe Space Curvature / Warping At All?
I don't understand why we are able to see and measure curvature / warping of space at all.
Space as I understand it determines distances between objects, so if space were "compressed" or warped, ...
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Does Dark Matter have more space-time or particle characteristics?
Dark Matter appears to have more in common with phenomena related to spatial geometry then a particle. I thought in General Relativity, space can be curved without the presence of matter so ...
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Curved space or curved spacetime?
As I understand it, you can have time + flat space = curved spacetime.
So, when one is trying to emphasise that there is a curvature to the space, is it more technically correct to say curved space ...
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Tiling hexagons on a sphere surface
In attemopt to understand basic principles of non-Euclidean geometry and its relation to physical space, I am reading General Relativity by Ben Crowell. On page 149 there is a discussion of hexagons ...
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Can a huge gravitational force cause visible distortions on an object
In space, would it be possible to have an object generating such a huge gravitational force so it would be possible for an observer (not affected directly by gravitational force and the space time ...
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Getting back out of an Alcubierre warp bubble
Does the theory on paper provide a way for hypothetical travelers to get back out of the bubble that has gotten them close to their distant destination by compressing all the space in front of them ...
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“Space” in General Relativity and “vacuum” in Standard Model, is it the same thing?
And expansion of space is equal to expansion of vacuum?
