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Graduate How to measure the lack of external force during free fall?
- Bob Walance
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Graduate Does the shape of the curve, that is produced in space by a mass, have a name ?
- TheDinosaur
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Graduate Time does not run slower or faster
- birulami
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Graduate Approximation of the FE feat. loose notation
- Spinny
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Graduate Does constant acceleration keep working as you approach light speed?
- Xori
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Undergrad Do photons from a light source have a particular emission rate?
- Wonderballs
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Graduate Twin Paradox: Is Time Speeding Up?
- Xori
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Graduate Is inertia relative or absolute?
- Eribon
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Graduate Time Dilation: The Traveller's Perspective
- Destrio
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Graduate What Mathematical Knowledge is Needed to Understand Einstein's Field Equations?
- implicit
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Graduate Speed of photons inside a very powerful gravitational wave
- ensabah6
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Graduate Simple Lorentz transformation. Are there objections
- bernhard.rothenstein
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Graduate Understanding Schutz's "Invariance of the Interval"
- Ray
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Undergrad What Is the Linear Form of the Lorentz Transformation Equation?
- darkness_limits
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Undergrad Why can't objects move at light speed and what causes relativistic effects?
- Skhandelwal
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Graduate Magnetic field, frames of reference
- alvaros
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Graduate Dark Energy as a Gravitational Field?
- cefarix
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Graduate Relativity and space travel - what's the problem?
- billy_boy_999
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Graduate Is time an illusion, or is it a fundamental aspect of our universe?
- jostpuur
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Graduate Can a Ferris Wheel Spin Faster Than Light?
- lukegregor
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Graduate Speed of photon B relative to photon A in a head-on collision
- zolderick
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Graduate How Can Gravity Create a Dent in Space-Time Without Preexisting Gravity?
- White Lotus
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Undergrad Noobish question on time dilation
- Übermensch
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Graduate On the way to showing that LT is linear
- neutrino
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Undergrad When sun is gone, gravity of light, which one faster?
- ArielGenesis
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Undergrad Do Photons Experience Gravitational Red Shift?
- JPC
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Undergrad Universe Expansion: Is There a Cycle?
- JPC
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Graduate Time gap between explosions in moving frame of reference
- Vijay Bhatnagar
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Graduate General relativity vs quantum field theory
- Urkel
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Graduate Does the sum of the mass of two bodies vary with the distance between them ?
- C_Ovidiu
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Graduate Max Frequency at the Speed of Light: Clarifying a Puzzling Concept
- TheAnalogKid
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Graduate Speed of Theoretical Wave: Constant Regardless of Frame?
- ArielGenesis
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Graduate Gravity ficticuous force because it's relative to mass?
- rcgldr
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Graduate Deriving Lorentz transformations from length contraction without time dilation
- bernhard.rothenstein
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Graduate Photon Acceleration: From 0 to c in Zero Seconds?
- PhanthomJay
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Undergrad Is a 2004 Discovery About Physics Still Relevant Today?
- LostInSpaceTime
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Graduate Time Dilation and Biological Aging
- microtech
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Graduate Superconductors and Gravitomagnetism
- adm2e
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Graduate Speed of Light always remains constant ? think again.
- Anomalous
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Graduate Why do the sun and earth pull on each other with equal force?
- newTonn
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Graduate What is a Lorentz transformation and how does it relate to boost transformations?
- captain
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Graduate How has the definition and scope of special relativity evolved since 1905?
- JustinLevy
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Undergrad Does Pythagoras' theorem govern acceleration in relativistic bodies?
- D.A.Peel
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Undergrad Is Time Dilation Making You Younger or Older in Special Relativity?
- C_Ovidiu
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Graduate Verification of the Lorentz contraction of the space
- cheffo
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Graduate Can Uniform Relative Motion Turn a Wormhole into a Time Tunnel?
- plasmon
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Graduate Which rule determines the direction of gravitomagnetism?
- adm2e
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Graduate Can Energy Exist Without Mass?
- diffusion
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Graduate What are time-like curves, space-like curves and light cones in relativity?
- Lakshya
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Graduate Why does a moving train appear longer when approaching?
- Aeneas
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Graduate How Are Gravitational Waves Produced?
- adm2e
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Graduate Direct and inverse Lorentz transformation
- bernhard.rothenstein
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Graduate 3d simulation of special relativity
- Petroz
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Graduate Scientists claims light speed barrier broken
- E=mc²
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Graduate Stress Energy Tensor vs Energy Momentum Tensor
- captain
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Graduate Questions about time dilation and whether time moves differently at high speeds
- LostInSpaceTime
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Undergrad Can we perceive time passing faster by moving toward distant light?
- meaningoflight
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Graduate What is r in the gravitational time dilation formula?
- hover
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Graduate Can Light Create a Time Machine?
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate What is Rindler's Lemma on Equal and Opposite Velocities?
- neutrino
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Graduate Constant proper acceleration and the relativity of apparent deceleration
- dkyle
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Graduate Coordinate speed of light vs. gravitational time dilation?
- kmarinas86
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Graduate Curved space-time observed and confirmed
- uiulic
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Graduate Surely k-calculus kT is 'mixing units'
- pigeonrandle
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Graduate Do Tachyons Really Exist in Physics?
- nishu1988
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Graduate Time dilation on accelerated reference frames
- hover
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Graduate Speed of Light and Black holes
- quantum123
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Graduate How Does Time Dilation Affect Perception of Speed in Relativistic Space Travel?
- Luke987
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High School Is Light Really Bound by Gravity?
- orgthingy
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Graduate Is light actually faster than light?
- Idjot
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Graduate Transforming to Accelerated Frames in Special Relativity
- pellman
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Graduate GR explanation of Newtonian Phenomena
- blumfeld0
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Graduate SR predictions on an recent microwave experiement
- lalbatros
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Graduate Derivation Of Lorentz Transformation by Lawden
- Hacky
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Undergrad When is a physical quantity time-like or space-like?
- bernhard.rothenstein
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Graduate Can Future Generations Really Travel Back in Time?
- quantum123
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Graduate Einstein Field Equation purely in partial derivatives wrt x,y,z,t?
- quantum123
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Graduate Moment of inertia corrected with relativity
- pangsiukwong
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Graduate Is time perception solely influenced by time dilation?
- petm1
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Graduate What does a spacetime interval of zero mean for objects traveling at c?
- Point Conception
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Graduate How do we perceive curvature of time from gravity?
- sanman
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Where Can I Find the Penrose Lecture Link Mentioned in the Forum?
- Sparky_
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Graduate Pertinence of relativity of simultaneity
- ice109
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Graduate Artificial Black Holes, again
- Jake
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Graduate Researchers create gravity in lab experiment
- SF
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Graduate Can matter reach light speed with infinite energy and spacetime engineering?
- creationsby
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Undergrad Is a uniform gravitational field a gravitational field?
- MeJennifer
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Undergrad Constant Velocity: Does Time Dilation Occur?
- CINA
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Graduate Lorentz's Derivation: A Historical Exploration
- yogi
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Graduate Can a spacecraft near light speed plus a running person exceed light speed?
- Holocene
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High School Can we travel faster than the speed of light?
- Luke*
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Graduate Does the speed of light change in accelerating frames?
- anantchowdhary
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Graduate Is energy conserved in an expanding universe?
- Robert100
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Graduate What makes a derivation standard?
- bernhard.rothenstein
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Undergrad Speed of light relative to universe expansion?
- tommyburgey
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Undergrad Why does a clock run slower near a gravitational field?
- Holocene
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Graduate Photon beyond light speed?(?tachyon?)
- madphysics
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Graduate Light under light gravitational force
- perfectobsession2004
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Graduate Is expansion of space relative?
- kmarinas86
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