Space bent by gravity ??

cragar

gravity does not bend space , mass or energy bends space and gravity is the effect of the bent space.

A.T.

To be even more exact: Gravity is not the effect of curved space but of curved spacetime. Curved space alone would not affect objects which are at rest in space. But gravity does.

AlisonArulia

Thank you all for your very good answers. I only wish I could fully understand it all. I will take some time and read up on all the answers and try and understand a little better.

Just one little point
I am a "her" - not a "him"

Thanks again

Alison

A.T.

If you want to understand how gravitation is modeled in general relativity I would suggest to start with some visualizations:

http://www.relativitet.se/spacetime1.html
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/demoweb/...spacetime.html
http://www.adamtoons.de/physics/gravitation.swf

Then I would read chapter 2 (page 15) of this:

http://www.relativitet.se/Webtheses/tes.pdf

Sorry for that.