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Undergrad Relativity of Simultaneity and Length Contraction
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Graduate Why ##A_{\nu:\sigma}=0## in flat space?
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Undergrad Mathematical problem with Schwarzschild spacetime?
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High School Gravitational potential energy, a thought experiment
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Undergrad Dirac comment on covariant derivatives
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Undergrad Lorentz Transformations Confusion
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High School Does the age of the Universe differ for observers in expanding space?
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Undergrad Newton Galilean spacetime as fiber bundle
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Undergrad Macroscopic objects in free-fall
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Graduate Coupling torsion to electromagnetism and torsion tensor decomposition
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Undergrad Galaxy recession and Universe expansion
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Undergrad Is momentum conserved as a body falls through a gravitational field?
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Undergrad Does Kerr's argument against singularities apply to all black holes?
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Undergrad Doppler and Searchlight (Headlight)
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Undergrad Difference between the Shapiro Delay and time dilation?
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Undergrad Is the electromagnetic 4-vector indeed a 4-vector?
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Undergrad Is Relativistic Action for a beam of light = zero?
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Undergrad Spacetime expansion - time dimension expansion
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Undergrad Perceive Length Contraction VS Terrell Penrose
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Undergrad Light clock running faster than light?
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Undergrad Time dilation vs Differential aging vs Redshift
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High School Why Does Black Hole Entropy and Information Loss Matter?
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Undergrad Question about length contraction
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Undergrad Teaching Minkowski diagrams effectively
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Graduate Can We Construct a Coordinate Chart Where Bell Observers Are At Rest?
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High School Could you use LIGO-technology to measure gravitational redshift?
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Undergrad Why "time part" represents energy in Four-momentum?
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Undergrad How do you resolve seeming contradictions in SR?
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High School Time Dilation in Non-Stationary Reference Frame: A, B, C
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Undergrad Proof of Invariance of Spacetime Interval
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High School What do people mean when they say “space is flat?”
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Undergrad Potential energy and the gravitational field of a collapsing cloud of gas
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Undergrad Curved spacetime bulging in time direction
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High School Gravitational Time Dilation Inside the Sun
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High School General Relativity and Universal Gravitational Constant
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High School Question about "odometer" analogy and time dilation
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Undergrad Question about electromagnetism and frames of reference
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High School How to add an object's multiple relativistic speeds from x, y, and z?
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Undergrad Question about Einstein's famous elevator experiment
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Undergrad Why doesn't relativity of simultaneity lead to a contradiction?
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Undergrad How Does Distance to Proxima Centauri Affect Simultaneous Events?
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Undergrad Energy conservation in general relativity
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Undergrad Speed of light after exiting a transparent medium
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Undergrad Alternative Ways to Realize Invariance: Lorentz Transformation
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Undergrad Simplified explanation of SR for relativity-denier
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High School What is m in Kinetic Energy? Relativistic mass or Rest mass?
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Undergrad Seeing history when crossing event horizon
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High School Can we see 2 black holes orbiting each other?
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High School Does Space Recover or Oscillate After Being Distorted by Massive Objects?
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High School Black hole electromagnetic spectrum
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Undergrad Are the Lorentz Transformations False?
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Undergrad Can someone falsify this analogy contradicting time dilation?
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High School Does gravitational force act on system or its components?
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High School Where does the light energy lost due to expansion go?
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Undergrad What causes time dilation and length contraction
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High School A thought experiment regarding special relativity
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Undergrad Is the Idea of a Continuum Always an Approximation to the Physical?
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Undergrad Incomplete geodesics in a singularity, do they warrant quantum concerns?
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High School Would We See the Same Light After Traveling Back to Earth Faster Than Light?
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Undergrad Physical meaning of zero time metric
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Graduate Do Black Holes have Singularities?
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Undergrad Tidal effects on event horizon of binary rotating BHs
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Undergrad EFE with cosmological constant
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Undergrad Question about full Lorentz transformation
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High School Black hole evaporation mechanism
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Undergrad How Can You Approach Steve Without Being Doppler-Shifted?
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High School Spacetime interval question involving a Pendulum in a Space Ship
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Undergrad What was the role of frequency in the Michelson-Morley experiment's null result?
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Graduate Is there a basic example that works based on gravitoelectromagnetism?
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High School Is the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe Wasting Energy?
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Undergrad Does Light Travel the Shortest Path in Curved Space-Time Around a Neutron Star?
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High School What Are the Relativistic Implications for Beacon Synchronization?
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Undergrad Isn't the speed of light tautologically 299792458 m/s?
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High School Question about Morin's time dilation explanation
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Undergrad The speed of one photon through a transparent medium
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Graduate Correspondence between areal radius differences and proper distances
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Undergrad What is Earth's escape velocity?
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Graduate How to Express the Schwarzschild Metric in Fermi Normal Coordinates?
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Undergrad Analyzing Time Dilation in a Spaceship-Mars Scenario
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High School How do you project a Killing Vector onto a Schwarzschild field?
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Undergrad What Happens When an Object Accelerating Away from a Black Hole Stops?
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Undergrad How Does Special Relativity Affect Perceived Distances Between Planets?
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Undergrad Invariant definition of acceleration in Newtonian physics vs proper acceleration in GR
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Undergrad Interpretation of (X,T) coordinates in Kruskal diagram
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High School Is imaginary time a fourth dimension?
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High School Minkowski Spacetime vs Euclidean Spacetime
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High School Stationary charge next to a current-carrying wire
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Undergrad A mirror behind the event horizon
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High School What does the Minkowski spacetime interval represent and how is it determined?
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High School Very basic questions about visualizing spacetime
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High School Question about choice of reference frame
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Undergrad Schwarzschild spacetime in Kruskal coordinates
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High School Can Motion Exceed the Speed of Light in General Relativity?
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Undergrad Effects of magnetism on spacetime curvature, and implications
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Undergrad Equation of state for Einstein field equations
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High School How to know what maximal atlas to use for spacetime manifold?
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High School What does symmetry of time dilation really mean?
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