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Graduate Calculate Relative Speeds of Moving Objects for Twin Paradox
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Graduate Can u change time on a watch by
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Graduate Important find:when is the light wave-motion ?and when is particle-motion?
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Graduate Why Is the Fourth Component Necessary in Relativistic Momentum?
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Graduate Time travel: Scientific Evidence & Theories
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Graduate Frame Dragging Detected per GR
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Undergrad Relativistic Velocity: Speed Limits & Ranges Explained
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Undergrad Why is there 0 gravity in space
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Graduate Einstein's GR vs. Aether Theory: Examining the Debate
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Graduate Is the Speed of Light the Ultimate Conversion Point for Energy?
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Graduate Time Dilation Question: A vs. B Clocks in Motion Experiment
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Graduate How Is Total Mass Calculated in General Relativity for a Finite Body?
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High School Gravitational control- where it doesnt exist
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Graduate Does an electric charge curve spacetime ?
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Graduate Light, Mass, and Black hole question
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Graduate Information Twin , loss Paradox?
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Graduate What are the implications of time being a fourth dimension?
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Graduate What is the Origin of Frame Dragging and Gravity Waves in GR?
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Undergrad E=MC2 energy must contribute to the force of gravity
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Graduate Time Dilation and Length Contraction
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Graduate Could someone me get my mind around this paradox
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Graduate Gravity and massless particles?
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Graduate Can electromagnetic fields produce space-time curvature?
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Graduate How Do GPS Satellites Adjust for Both Special and General Relativity Effects?
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Undergrad Mass vs. Gravity and what our teachers have told us
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Undergrad Einstein's Equation: Energy Changes & Mass - What Happens?
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Undergrad Understanding Relative Motion in Physics: Debunking the Misconceptions
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Undergrad Why isn't freefall based on the mass of the object falling?
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Graduate Do All Observers Agree on the Timing of Events in Relativity Experiments?
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Graduate Dark Matter: A Result of Relativity?
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Graduate Is the Schwarzchild Metric Accurate in Predicting Black Holes?
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High School E=MC2: Explaining What It Implies
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Undergrad Is Time Travel Possible with Differential Spatial Motion?
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Undergrad Foundation to the theory of relativity
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Undergrad Are Time Dilation and Length Contraction Proven by Experiments?
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Graduate Does Gravity Pass Through Barriers?
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High School What Causes Gravity to Attract Objects?
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Graduate What Happens to the Twins in the Twin Paradox with Acceleration?
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Graduate Distance Between Two Bodies: Am I Correct?
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory, signed
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Graduate Is Energy Conserved in General Relativity?
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Graduate Time Dilation and Synchronization in Special Relativity
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Undergrad Theory of relativity sets limits
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Graduate What Is the Physical Interpretation of a Non-Metric Compatible Connection in GR?
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Graduate The Equivalence Principle-bending of light
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High School How long till we can travel into the future?
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Undergrad Gravitation Questions: Introduction and Theory by Allen
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Graduate What is the relationship between energy, matter, and space-time?
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Undergrad A question about mickelson& morli experiment
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Undergrad Can someone explain the twin paradox to me
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Undergrad Relativity vs Newtonian Physics
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Undergrad General Question about Einstein's Theories.
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Graduate Time Dilation & Frame of Reference: Who's Time Slows Down?
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Graduate Special relativity and frames of reference
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Graduate Does Time Dilation Apply to Objects Moving at Sub-Light Speeds?
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Graduate Einstein's 1912 Paper: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions
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Can Time Travel Truly Allow Us to Visit the Past?
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Undergrad Can photons change direction or slow down near a black hole?
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Graduate Is the universe expanding faster than the speed of light?
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Graduate Ok lets say there is a ship 100ft long moving at .90c. a planet
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Undergrad Einstein's theory of Special Relativity
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Graduate Is There a Preferred Frame? Understanding PR & GR
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Graduate Wikipedia's article on black holes
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Graduate Special Relativity handling acceleration
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Graduate Strange implications of NASA's Gravity Probe B
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Undergrad How do I calculate the area of a circle drawn on a sphere?
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Graduate Wormholes mean changes to Relativity?
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Undergrad Understanding Relativity: A Quick Overview of General and Special Relativity
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Graduate Question on the age of universe
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Graduate Is Time Dilation a Measurement Phenomenon?
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Graduate Why Can't a Uniform External Gravitational Field Raise Tides on Earth?
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Graduate Time Dilation & big bang Question
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Decoding Einstein: Unraveling the Genius Behind the Theory of Relativity
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Graduate Einstein's warping of space-time as a theory of gravity
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Graduate Increasing mass, decreasing force?
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Graduate The Peripatetic Albert, Round 3
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Graduate A quickly oscillating mass produces a gravitationnal wave
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Graduate The Soccer Ball Problem in Relativity
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Graduate Whatever happened to testing relativity?
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Graduate Some thoughts I've been thinking about.
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Graduate Does Time Really Exist? Debunking Common Beliefs
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Undergrad Kinetic Enrgey according to another viewer
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Undergrad Is There a Place in the Universe That is Truly at Rest?
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Graduate What If the Speed of Light Were No Longer Constant?
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Graduate Special Relativity in an (in)finite universe
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Undergrad Einstein's Theory of Mass-Energy Conversion: True or False?
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Graduate Converting Energy into Matter: Is it Possible?
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Graduate A Revolutionary Idea: Rethinking Time Measurement in Physics
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Graduate Do tachyons exist or not?if so causality will be failed
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Graduate What Are the Theories Behind the Origins of Our Universe?
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Undergrad Why Isn't the Universe Just a Big Black Hole?
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Graduate Common Errors in Anti-SR Theory: Syncing Distant Events
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Graduate Binary pulsars and general relativity
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Graduate Michelson Morley and Paul Marmet
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Graduate How Does Relativistic Doppler Shift Affect Emitted Waves and Mass?
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Graduate Relativity for people who insist on having a true physical time
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Graduate Is Time Dilation Just a Misunderstanding?
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Graduate How does speed affect perceived time in David W. Hogg's SR Book?
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Graduate What Happens When You Fall Into a Black Hole?
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Would we recognize Time Travelers?
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