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Undergrad Question About Text: Example 4.1 on Page 35-6
- mpresic3
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Graduate Interior volume of a black hole
- PeterDonis
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Undergrad Schwarzschild Geometry: Einstein Tensor & Mass Density
- Joe Prendergast
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Undergrad How fast does the particle go through spacetime?
- student34
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High School What is the metric for a bag-of-gold spacetime?
- Onyx
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High School How do Black Holes Grow? A Far-Away Observer's Perspective
- Rene Dekker
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Undergrad Inertial Gravity in Relativistic Geodesics - Forum Discussion
- Thytanium
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Undergrad Gravitational field modulation of a moving mass
- synch
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High School Do Gravitational Forces Increase for Objects Moving at Light Speed?
- Pratyeka
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High School Gravity waves and Planck's constant
- Leonard Begy
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High School Speed of Light Reflection: Einstein's Train & Mirrors
- zasvitim
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High School Does Gravitation Start at Black Hole Event Horizon?
- Shaw
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Graduate Origin of BH Entropy & Info Missing Puzzle Resolution
- sufive
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Undergrad Numerical Solution of Complex Systems in GR
- epovo
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Undergrad Sabine Hossenfelder says time dilation is due to acceleration
- Epic Mythology
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Undergrad What is the velocity of a photon through the four dimensions?
- Epic Mythology
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Undergrad Escape from Two Black Holes? Solve the Mystery!
- Aerodyn
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Graduate Why can't we say that photon has very very small mass?
- Pradyuman
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Graduate Minkowski Spacetime 3+1 Dimensions: Conformal Diagram w/Boundary
- Demystifier
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Graduate GW Binary Merger: Riemann Tensor in Source & TT-Gauge
- MrFlanders
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Graduate Special & General Relativity: CTC Metrics in Cylindrical Coordinates
- YRC
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High School A Scenic Trip as a Spaceship at 0.999...c, and questions that arise
- IroAppe
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High School The synchronization of clocks and the relativity of motion
- AlMetis
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Undergrad Time Paradox: A & B's Clocks Move Differently
- SaintRodriguez
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Undergrad Worldline Curve vs Trajectory: What’s the Difference?
- SaintRodriguez
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High School How do fields retain their uniformity with interposing objects?
- Clueless123
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High School Black Holes: How Do They Move?
- Clueless123
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High School Four Velocity Sign of Time: \dot t>0?
- Onyx
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Graduate Hyperplanes of Simultaneity and BigBang
- lektroon
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Undergrad Universe Expansion: GR vs Hubble Reconciled
- jeremyfiennes
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High School Is Time Dilation About Particle Motion Rather Than Time Itself?
- teacher94
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Graduate Solving Geodesics with Metric $$ds^2$$
- edoofir
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Undergrad Can worldlines exist that defy traditional spacetime classifications?
- SaintRodriguez
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High School FRB & Gravitational Wave Link: Scientists Baffled
- jedishrfu
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Undergrad Black holes to explode due to evaporation?
- HansH
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Undergrad Do objects gain mass while approaching light speed?
- LightningInAJar
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Insights Why There Are Maximum Mass Limits for Compact Objects
- PeterDonis
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Undergrad Kerr & Nordström Black Hole Evaporation: Q&A
- snorkack
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High School Explaining Distant Time Dilation & Enhanced Gravitation
- doudou
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High School Is Einstein's Space-Time Theory Overfitted or Simply a Visualization Tool?
- lukephysics
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High School The Effect of Binding Energy on Mass
- Dileep Ramisetty
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Undergrad Observed Redshift from Moving Source: Deriving the Result
- ergospherical
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Undergrad Gravitational Field Transformations Under Boosted Velocity
- Sciencemaster
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Undergrad Light-Like Separation: Is It Possible?
- novice_hack
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High School Explaining Galaxy Rotation Speed Discrepancies with GR & Gravitic Fields
- Sagittarius A-Star
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Undergrad How to obtain other inverse metrics than that of Schwarzschild?
- Bishal Banjara
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High School Block universe theory question
- frankrabbit
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Undergrad Has anyone measured the speed of light in one direction?
- OscarCP
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High School Spagettification and a singularity
- HansH
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High School The twin paradox and black holes
- BoraxZ
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Undergrad Dark Energy Strength in Great Voids of Galaxies
- Herbascious J
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Graduate Solving "const. K" in Gourgoulhon's SR in General Frames
- Frank Wappler
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High School Questions on the Michelson Morley Experiment
- OneAverageGuy
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Undergrad Gravitational Field Existence in Void: Philosophical Inquiry
- Herbascious J
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Graduate How Does Linear Framedragging Affect Parallel Moving Masses in Flat Spacetime?
- BoraxZ
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Undergrad Relativity & Simultaneity Convention: Meaning & Impact
- EclogiteFacies
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High School Phase Change in Light: A & B Signal Reflections
- AlMetis
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Insights When Discussing the Twin Paradox: Read This First
- PeterDonis
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High School Why Don't We Live Inside a Black Hole?
- Narasoma
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Undergrad Circular Orbit in Schwarzschild: Orbital Period
- epovo
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Undergrad Explore Spacetimes, Metrics & Symmetries in Relativity Theory
- Suekdccia
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Graduate Understanding killing vectors and transformations of metric
- dwd40physics
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High School Is Brian or Jim Wrong? (the science of Dr. Who)
- AtoMick-u235
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High School Mick's Spooky Time Dilation Puzzle
- AtoMick-u235
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Graduate Landau's Maximum Mass Limit Derivation in Shapiro & Teukolsky (1983)
- PeterDonis
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Graduate Motivation for Theta = Pi/2 on Wald GR p138
- strangerep
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Undergrad Error in Concepts: Intro to Mechanics Kolenkow & Kleppner
- Ramanathan k s
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Undergrad Can Crafts Reach 2c Relative to Me?
- Abbott287287
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High School What limits the speed of a gravitational wave to c?
- Rochelobe
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High School Relativity of Measures: A vs B Frame & Light Source S
- AlMetis
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High School Mechanics behind curved time causing gravitation/geodesics
- tachi158
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High School Speed of light and this Accelerating Rocket scenario
- John SpaceY
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Undergrad No Symmetry Spacetimes/Metrics in Theory of Relativity
- Suekdccia
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Undergrad Twin Paradox: Aging Slower with Continuous Acceleration?
- vibhuav
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High School Cherenkov Radiation -- How does this not break causality?
- peanutaxis
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Undergrad Derivation of SR's time-dilatation in 1d?
- Pony
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Undergrad What Is the Geometrical Meaning of Principal Null Directions?
- Umaxo
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Graduate Proper Volume on Constant Hypersurface in Alcubierre Metric
- Onyx
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High School Where does the energy of gravity come from?
- lordoftheselands
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Undergrad Schwarzschild in Cartesian: Tricks for Transformation
- epovo
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Undergrad Differentiate w/ Respect to Affine Parameter
- Haorong Wu
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Undergrad Understanding Einstein's second postulate of special relativity
- Erland
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High School Calculating Fuel Efficiency of Rocket Going Near c
- Peter564
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Undergrad Solving Paradox: Man Running with Pole Reaches Door Before Button is Pressed
- Jrs580
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Undergrad Lack of Symmetry in X & T: Explained for Beginners
- Chenkel
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Undergrad Can time be another basis vector under Galilean relativity?
- Saw
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Undergrad Mainstream interpretation of Newton's bucket argument?
- wisdom
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Undergrad Black Holes: Event Horizon Causally Disconnected?
- Feynstein100
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Undergrad Solving Spherically Symmetric Static Star Equations of Motion
- epovo
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Graduate Dirac's Conservation of Matter: A Closer Look
- Kostik
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Undergrad Time dilatopause for black holes
- Feynstein100
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Graduate Get GR Tensor II: Where to Buy Program Library
- toabek
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High School How do we identify a stationary system?
- CClyde
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High School A thought experiment of the relativity of light
- CClyde
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Undergrad Doppler Effect on Light: Constant Speed of Light Confusion
- InquiringMind
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Undergrad Time Dilation Paradox: Geosynchronous Satellites
- InquiringMind
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Graduate Why are General relativity texts so much more formal?
- paralleltransport
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Undergrad How to rule out that the speed of light was different in the past?
- victorvmotti
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High School Find Geodesics in Dynamic Ellis Orbits Metric
- Onyx
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Undergrad How meaningful is the notion of now here on Earth?
- EclogiteFacies
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