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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Graduate Why does the sled and hole paradox have different outcomes in different reference frames?
- Gonzolo
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Undergrad What is the relative speed of an object standing still on Earth?
- yogiwp
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Graduate If Time and Space Are Relative Concepts, Then
- Curious6
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Graduate Interpretation of GR: Einstein vs. Contemporary Physicists
- humanino
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Graduate Schwarzschild metric and BH mass
- kurious
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Graduate Is Block Time in General Relativity Proof of a Fixed Future or Many-Worlds?
- Gerinski
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Graduate The End of the Universe from the Outside In - as free-faller nears singularity
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Undergrad Is Gravitational Red-Shift a Valid Concept?
- Entropy
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Graduate Why does acceleration cause different time dilation if both bodies accelerate equally?
- mee
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Graduate Why can't we use a photon's frame of reference?
- JoeWade
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Graduate How Does Earth's Rotation Speed Influence Frame Dragging Effects?
- kurious
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Graduate How Do Time Cones Illustrate the Concept of Space-Time?
- Gale
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Undergrad Evidence of length contraction
- Adam
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Graduate Do Wormholes Require Antimatter Singularities to Function?
- chosenone
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Graduate Bee Swarm Relativity: Calculating Time with a Messenger Bee
- Vern
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Graduate Spaceship accelerating inside a Black Hole
- quasar987
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Graduate Clarifications on time in various physics models
- Olias
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High School Older faster if the universe wouldn't be expanding?
- niko2000
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Graduate There is only one True Singularity and It is at the Center
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate What is a time-like killing vector?
- kurious
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Graduate What is the Unverifiable Nature of Black Hole Internal States?
- blue_sky
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Graduate Why does gravity rotate with the Earth?
- Gfoxboy
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Graduate Change in relativistic momentum
- kurious
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Undergrad How can we know what distant objects looked like if they're moving away?
- dcbobo
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Undergrad Gravitation Speed/Acceleration/Velocity
- Olias
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Graduate Why is action at a distance ruled out in gravity but allowed in quantum entanglement?
- wolram
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Graduate What software do people use for tensor manipulation in general relativity?
- pervect
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Graduate E = mc^2: Identity or equality
- pmb_phy
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Graduate Is gravity really just acceleration? And what about gravitons?
- mee
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Graduate Where are we on gravitational waves/graviton?
- quasar987
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Graduate Calculating mass and speed from kinetic energy and linear momentum
- niko2000
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Undergrad Does Gravity Expand and Collapse or is it Always Present?
- Zeteg
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Graduate Special Relativity. timespace correlation.
- mlip
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Undergrad Is Einstein's Theory of Relativity Flawed?
- A 15 year old
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Graduate Can particles traveling near the speed of light create a time reversal effect?
- John_M
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Graduate How Does Dark Energy Exert Pressure in the Universe?
- kurious
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Graduate Event Horizon vs Singularity: Are They the Same Thing in Black Hole Physics?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate What Determines the Direction of Space Curvature by Mass in General Relativity?
- Erus
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Graduate Why does cosmic background radiation appear lower frequency on Earth?
- J79
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Graduate Do matter and event horizon stay at fixed distance from distant objects?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate Can two events be perceived in reverse order due to relativistic effects?
- Gerinski
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Graduate Escape velocity outside event horizon
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate Can a falling feather inside a rocket ship create a black hole?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Undergrad Why Doesn't a Photon's Energy Knock Us Out?
- CBR600RR
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Graduate Conservation of energy in GR and symmetry
- kurious
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Graduate Can an Accelerating Universe Rotate According to GR Principles?
- blue_sky
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Graduate FTL travel and going to the past in spacetime diagrams
- Gerinski
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Graduate Do black holes have zero spatial radius at the event horizon?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate Those who use relativistic mass and why
- pmb_phy
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Graduate Are There Any Alternative Models to Explain Gravity?
- Tom McCurdy
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Graduate Stresses in a rotating object?
- billyboy
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Graduate Measuring the Speed of Light from Distant Sources: How Do We Know It's Constant?
- Prometheus
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Graduate Is time relative motion of matter or a human construct?
- what_are_electrons
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Graduate So we have problems with clocks measureing time ?
- Doctordick
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Undergrad How can we explain special relativity to skeptics?
- VantagePoint72
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Undergrad Solving the Twins Paradox: Could Einstein be Wrong?
- Gfoxboy
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Graduate Can an Arbitrary Co-ordinate System Be Used for Observers in GR?
- blue_sky
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Graduate The fundenental law of relativity
- C. Michael Turner
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Graduate Oh My God Particle - Fourmilab
- whydoyouwanttoknow
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Undergrad Is Time Travel Backwards Theoretically Possible?
- ArmoSkater87
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Graduate Solving a Random Equation: a=dt_o/t^3sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
- IooqXpooI
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Graduate Infinitie tidal forces at event horizon?
- Ray Eston Smith Jr
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Graduate Why does η^μβ h_νσ,β = h_νσ^,μ in general relativity?
- da_willem
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Graduate Can Special Relativity's Equations Be Modified to Avoid Infinities and Zeroes?
- kurious
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Graduate Relative velocity of two spaceships moving perpendicular to each other
- niko2000
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Graduate Velocity of one spacecraft relative to another at relativistic speeds
- relativitydude
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What Would Sound Like at the Speed of Light?
- NiceJerkGuy
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Graduate Spacetime and Euclidean Geometry-Jacobson
- Olias
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Graduate Speed light travels on earth and in our solar system
- Hat_Man
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Graduate Why does the metric tensor have 3 parameters per spatial dimension?
- Entropy
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Graduate Practical Use For Length Contraction?
- zoobyshoe
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Graduate Can Humans See Bodies Traveling at the Speed of Light?
- Sana
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Graduate Latest Developments on Black and White Hole-Theory and Anti-Gravity
- marlon
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Graduate Matter <--> Energy Conversions: A Phase Transition?
- Glenn
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Graduate Can Matter and Energy Truly Be Annihilated According to Relativity?
- Erus
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Graduate Do Gravitons Play a Role in Simulated Gravity on a Rotating Spacestation?
- Glenn
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Graduate Do Einstein's Theories of Relativity Contradict Each Other?
- Garth
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Graduate What is the nature of mass and its relationship to movement?
- Vern
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Graduate Does relativistic mass have a gravitational component?
- j8hart
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Graduate Is Time a Mobius Dimension in Relativity Theory?
- Neo
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Graduate The Pinwheel Paradox: What's the Solution?
- Zanket
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Graduate What conditions must a universe model satisfy to be viable?
- Gale
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Graduate Does wave-particle duality emerge at relativistic speeds?
- Neo
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Undergrad How Does Water Slow Down Light Without Violating Special Relativity?
- Jake
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Graduate Can I learn general relativity from Schutz before upper division physics?
- Gza
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Graduate Does G.Relativity Violate Energy Basics?
- omin
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Graduate Why is the speed of light constant for all observers?
- Reflector
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Graduate Correction to length contraction equation
- kurious
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Graduate Can simultaneous events in one frame trigger different outcomes in another?
- John_M
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Graduate How Does Einstein's Theory Explain the Nature of Space?
- omin
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Graduate Is a change in earth's surface gravity detectable?
- Creator
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Graduate Does light produce gravitational effects in general relativity?
- woodysooner
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Graduate What is the Entropy Value of a 5 Solar Mass Black Hole?
- kurious
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High School The difference b/t free fall and outer space
- HungryChemist
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Graduate Length Contraction and the Bomb Paradox
- HungryChemist
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Graduate What is the Speed of Light, Dark Matter?
- jaguar99
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Graduate Do observers in different frames agree on an object's energy?
- Moose352
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Graduate Does a ruler attached tangent to a rotating wheel contract?
- Silverious
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Undergrad What Starter Texts Can Help Understand Differential Geometry for GTR?
- srp
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Graduate Do magnetic or electrostatic forces resist spacetime expansion?
- wolram
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