Join in expert discussion on special and general relativity discussion. Relativity is the dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects.
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Undergrad E=MC2 energy must contribute to the force of gravity
- wolram
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Graduate Why does light pass a rocket at c despite relativistic time dilation?
- Gecko
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Graduate Could someone me get my mind around this paradox
- aceofspades
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Graduate Gravity and massless particles?
- kennethrapp
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Graduate Can electromagnetic fields produce space-time curvature?
- blue_sky
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Graduate How Do GPS Satellites Adjust for Both Special and General Relativity Effects?
- RandallB
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Undergrad Mass vs. Gravity and what our teachers have told us
- dttubbs
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Undergrad Does kinetic energy add mass, and what happens to it when the object stops?
- Omar
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Undergrad Is the word motion used in relativity?
- ostren
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Undergrad Why isn't freefall based on the mass of the object falling?
- stunner5000pt
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Graduate Do All Observers Agree on the Timing of Events in Relativity Experiments?
- timetraveldude
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Graduate Can dark matter form from matter accelerated near light speed?
- Neo
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Graduate Is the Schwarzchild Metric Accurate in Predicting Black Holes?
- jimbo007
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High School What does E=mc² actually imply?
- Demiwing
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Undergrad Is Time Travel Possible with Differential Spatial Motion?
- GONE2UCF
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Undergrad Foundation to the theory of relativity
- Demiwing
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Undergrad Are Time Dilation and Length Contraction Proven by Experiments?
- subir
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Graduate Does Gravity Pass Through Barriers?
- primal schemer
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High School What Causes Gravity to Attract Objects?
- theCandyman
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Graduate What Happens to the Twins in the Twin Paradox with Acceleration?
- Leaping antalope
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Graduate Does distance between two bodies have meaning in general relativity?
- blue_sky
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory, signed
- ray b
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Graduate Is Energy Conserved in General Relativity?
- selfAdjoint
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Graduate Time Dilation and Synchronization in Special Relativity
- vuxx
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Undergrad Theory of relativity sets limits
- scariari
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Graduate Physical meaning of non-metric-compatible connections in GR
- hellfire
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Graduate The Equivalence Principle-bending of light
- Leaping antalope
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High School How long till we can travel into the future?
- Vast
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Undergrad Gravitation Questions: Introduction and Theory by Allen
- Beautiful_Gravity
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Graduate What is the relationship between energy, matter, and space-time?
- scariari
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Undergrad Michelson-Morley experiment method and ether
- somy
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Undergrad Can someone explain the twin paradox to me
- stunner5000pt
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Undergrad Relativity vs Newtonian Physics
- General_Relativity19
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Undergrad Have any of Einstein's theories been replaced or superseded?
- Glenn
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Graduate Why does the traveling twin age less if both see each other's time slow?
- DrWarezz
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Graduate Special relativity and frames of reference
- winhog
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Graduate Does Time Dilation Apply to Objects Moving at Sub-Light Speeds?
- Jake
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Graduate Was Einstein's claim about light speed in flat gravitational fields accurate?
- turbo
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Can Time Travel Truly Allow Us to Visit the Past?
- bayan
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Undergrad Can photons change direction or slow down near a black hole?
- Roy_06
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Graduate How can the universe expand faster than light if nothing can exceed c?
- DrWarezz
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Graduate Ok lets say there is a ship 100ft long moving at .90c. a planet
- bino
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Undergrad Does relativistic mass increase in everyday motion like driving a car?
- UrbanXrisis
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Graduate Does the centre-of-mass frame count as preferred in general relativity?
- Garth
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Graduate Wikipedia's article on black holes
- kernelpenguin
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Graduate Special Relativity handling acceleration
- ostren
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Graduate Strange implications of NASA's Gravity Probe B
- Ian
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Undergrad How do I calculate the area of a circle drawn on a sphere?
- brian0918
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Graduate Wormholes mean changes to Relativity?
- Zeteg
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Undergrad Understanding Relativity: A Quick Overview of General and Special Relativity
- TheShapeOfTime
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Graduate Question on the age of universe
- gptejms
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Graduate Is Time Dilation a Measurement Phenomenon?
- juju
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Graduate Why Can't a Uniform External Gravitational Field Raise Tides on Earth?
- brian0918
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Graduate Does time dilate during the big bang's exponential expansion?
- Neo
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Graduate Einstein's warping of space-time as a theory of gravity
- Overdose
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Graduate Increasing mass, decreasing force?
- Rothiemurchus
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Graduate The Peripatetic Albert, Round 3
- OneEye
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Graduate A quickly oscillating mass produces a gravitationnal wave
- Gonzolo
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Graduate The Soccer Ball Problem in Relativity
- marcus
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Graduate Whatever happened to testing relativity?
- The_Thinker
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Graduate Some thoughts I've been thinking about.
- Gara
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Graduate Is time a real element of the universe or just a tool for ordering events?
- modmans2ndcoming
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Undergrad Kinetic energy of one particle as measured by another
- ori
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Undergrad Is There a Place in the Universe That is Truly at Rest?
- Omni
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Graduate What If the Speed of Light Were No Longer Constant?
- shintashi
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Graduate Special Relativity in an (in)finite universe
- Alkatran
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Undergrad Einstein's Theory of Mass-Energy Conversion: True or False?
- RAD4921
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Graduate Converting Energy into Matter: Is it Possible?
- Jake
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Graduate Do clocks measure time or something else?
- Doctordick
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Graduate Can tachyons exist without violating causality?
- hi mak
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Graduate Where did the extreme temperature and pressure for the big bang come from?
- zynko
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Undergrad Why Isn't the Universe Just a Big Black Hole?
- blue_sky
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Graduate Most common error in anti-relativity arguments
- Alkatran
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Graduate Binary pulsars and general relativity
- vladimir69
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Graduate Michelson Morley and Paul Marmet
- Andrew Mason
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Graduate How Does Relativistic Doppler Shift Affect Emitted Waves and Mass?
- Rothiemurchus
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Graduate Relativity for people who insist on having a true physical time
- pervect
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Graduate How does speed affect perceived time in David W. Hogg's SR Book?
- JasonRox
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Graduate Can an observer catch the infalling matter surface in a collapsing black hole?
- pervect
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Would we recognize Time Travelers?
- musky_ox
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What is the speed of light compared to?
- mee
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Graduate String-mass near the speed of light
- Mike2
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Graduate Hovering in gravity makes curved space flat?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Undergrad Why are the fundamental postulates of special relativity controversial?
- vladimir69
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Graduate Quantum blended with a little SR
- Tom McCurdy
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Graduate Christoffel symbols in the Schwarzschild metric
- pervect
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Graduate How Small Could the Universe Get in a Big Crunch?
- Olias
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Graduate What are some suggestions for books on general relativity at the graduate level?
- EL
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Undergrad Does the Earth rise to meet falling objects in general relativity?
- Tojen
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Graduate What causes the bending of space and time by concentrations of mass and energy?
- Curious6
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High School Can the equation E=mc^2 be used as a measurement tool?
- dabith
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Graduate Is length contraction relative or absolute?
- ardenbook
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Graduate A New Test of the Equivalence Principle?
- Garth
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Graduate Maxwell equations and special relativety
- mish3
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Graduate Do relativistic broadcasts play faster or slower when moving toward or away?
- kernelpenguin
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Graduate Can an astronaut actually reach the singularity of a finite lifetime black hole?
- FSC729
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Graduate Does length contraction let us see more of the universe at near-light speed?
- kjones000
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Undergrad Solving Problem 2-8: Relative Velocity and Time Elapses
- JasonRox
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