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Eric Smith
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I have a Ph.D. in Mathematics. When it comes to physics though I'm more of an enthusiastic amateur than anything else, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

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Why don't we put satellites into an orbit where there is (almost) no time dilation/contraction compared to Earth's surface?
May 7
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What speed shall I go to make my day longer?
Mar 17, 2021
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Would touching a black hole of a small mass (the mass of an apple) cause you to spiral in and get dead?
May 4, 2021
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According to general relativity planets and Sun bend the spacetime (explaining gravity), but does this hold true for smaller objects?
Apr 9, 2021
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Why doesn't Hawking radiation add to the mass of a black hole just as much as it subtracts from it?
Jun 21, 2021
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What are the real-life applications of General Relativity?
Sep 12, 2021
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Why aren't all quarks clumped together in one giant hadron?
Jun 25, 2021
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Can relativistic mass actually change gravitational pull?
Apr 6, 2021
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Does a volume stay constant when freely falling?
May 20, 2022
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How can the universe possess rotational symmetry yet have no center?
May 21, 2021
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Is it possible for rockets to exist in a world that is only in the early stages of developing jet aircraft?

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