General Relativity & Curved Spacetime Explained! | Space Time

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General relativity and space do come hand in hand. One hears these things multiple times, not just in the popular T.V. show but a lot when talking about science. Well especially when looking at space, cause both them and curved spacetime have a big effect on how we on Earth view and perceive the effects that happen in space and our surroundings. However, do you really understand what these two things are? If not, it is time to find out.

Key Takeaways:

Einstein and Newton had differing theories about space time and its shape.
Einstein saw space time as curved, or wavy, and ordinary grid patterns to plot it would not work since they go in straight lines.
There have been many experiments over the past century to try and prove both Einstein’s curved space time and Newton’s straight pathway space time theory.

“The very existence of gravitational time dilation, regardless of its degree, requires that spacetime be curved.”

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