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Graduate An atomic clock and a normal clock
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Graduate Problem with a piece of calculation
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Graduate Mass Inflation in BH: A Depreciated Concept?
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Graduate Is the speed of light truly constant?
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Graduate Help with Lorentz Transformation Notation & Matrix Entries
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Graduate Gravity: Examining Force, Magnitude, & Limitations
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Graduate Time Real or Not? - Arguments For & Against
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Graduate Length contraction of particles
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High School I have a dumb question about gravitational fields
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High School Can Meeting Your Future Self Create a Time Loop?
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Graduate Free fall into BH and horizons
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Graduate Evidence for Variable Speed of Gravity in Coordinate Spacetime
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Graduate What Are the Dimensions of Energy and Matter in Physics?
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Graduate Can g_00 of the metric tensor depend on time
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Graduate Explaining the Paradox of Measuring Photons from the Sun
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Graduate Travel 10x the Speed of Light: Warp Drive Explained
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Graduate Gravitational red- or rather blue-shift when approaching Schwarzschild radius
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Graduate Where should I ask about mathematical problems with Riemann curvature tensor
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Graduate Can a photon truly slow down in a dense medium?
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Graduate Non-Dimensional Accretion Rate λ: Overview and Questions
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Graduate Black Hole/Entanglement Question
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Graduate Slow Motion Observed in SR Spaceships?
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Graduate Invariance of the speed of light
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Graduate 4-velocity of an observed object in GRT
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Graduate Can light experience Gravity assist?
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Graduate Physical interpretation of the stress energy momentum tensor
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Graduate Could the Twin Paradox in GR be Generalized to Completely Empty Space?
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Graduate Acceleration-free twin paradox
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Graduate Does gravity have a similar effect on energy as it does with time?
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Graduate Time dilation through velocity of a moving body
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Graduate Geodesic quation coordinate time
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Graduate By what method did Einstein derived his gravitational field equation?
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Undergrad Can Numerical Simulations Accurately Predict Orbital Precession?
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Graduate Can a black hole slow down time and create a time difference between observers?
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Graduate Acceleration and the twin paradox
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Undergrad Twin Paradox: Which Twin is Older?
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Graduate LIGO & GRB 070201 - Ruling Out a Neutron Star Merger
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Graduate Gravity's Effect on Space: Length Contraction & Light Speed
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Graduate Understanding Proper Time & Equations
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Undergrad Gravitational Time and Length Change, Looking for mass formula
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Graduate Question about Gravity and curvature of space time
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Graduate Time Dilation Notation in SR: Clarifying the Differential Form
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Graduate What Role Do Particles Play in Understanding Planck Scales in Quantum Gravity?
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Graduate What is the real impact of speed on time in the theory of time dilation?
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Graduate Does Relativity Support the Masslessness of Photons?
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Graduate Can Jensen Receive Same-Time Signals from Sensors?
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Graduate Help Make Math Connect in General Relativity
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Graduate Length Contraction of Electrons
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High School Why does time slow down and the train compress in relativity?
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Graduate GR vs SR: Reconciling Contravariant & Covariant Vector Components
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Graduate Raychoudhuri's Equation in Abstract Notation
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Undergrad Special Relativity Time Dilation Santa question
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Graduate General solution to the wave equation of electromagnetic field
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Graduate Observing black holes inside black holes
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Graduate Crossing the Event Horizon: Observing a Massive Black Hole
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Graduate Why does mass affect space time?
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Graduate Does an electron emit radiation when falling towards Earth?
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Undergrad Time Dilation: Layperson Question About Gravity's Effect on Time
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Graduate E=mc^2 Proof: Is it OK? - Adam Aulton
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Graduate Black Holes & Particle Collisions: Does Linear Momentum Transfer?
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Graduate Which Local Coordinates Are Best Suited for Different Problems and Applications?
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Graduate Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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Graduate Find Null Paths in Differentiable Manifolds Using One-Forms
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Graduate Doppler Effect and Conservation of Energy
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Graduate Topology of Relativity: Implications of Niels Bohr's Arguments
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Graduate The (non-?) flatness of a uniform gravitational field and the equivalence principle
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Undergrad Can Time Be a Dimension If It's Just a Human Construct?
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Graduate Non-rotational and rotational metric tensors
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Graduate Schwarzschild Spacetime: Ellipsoidal for Moving Observers?
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Graduate Time Dilation Effect on High-Speed Object Orbiting Massive Object
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Graduate STR removes the possibility of a common present
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Undergrad Speed of Light: What Frame of Reference?
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Graduate How Does the Observer's Perspective Resolve the Twin Paradox?
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Graduate Has a real clock corrections, with respect to an ideal clock?
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Graduate Math Applying Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
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Graduate Observing Kerr Singularity: What Would an Observer See?
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Graduate Mathematical Considerations of Spacetime in Classical Mechanics
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Graduate Is the Light Clock Calibration the Key to Understanding Relativity?
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Undergrad Time Dilation: Do Astronauts See Events on Earth Slower?
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Graduate What Happens During Accretion to a Primordial Black Hole?
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Graduate If you're traveling at the speed of light, then time stops
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Graduate Is the Relativity of Simultaneity Always True?
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High School Does space move? What is space?
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Undergrad Is All Motion Truly Relative to Space?
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Undergrad Around the Earth Clock: Does Special Relativity Hold True?
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Graduate Gravitational Effects of Gyros Near a Massive Object
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Graduate Length contraction in diagonal motion and something strange?
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Graduate So, what exactly do we mean by flat space?
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Graduate Notational clash in index notation?
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Graduate Maximum angular momentum for charged black hole?
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Graduate What would GRT look like if negative masses existed?
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Graduate Coordinate Translation Vectors & Covectors
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Graduate Accretion in Extreme Conditions: PBHs & More
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Graduate Cosmology Chapter Mistake: Reflections on Relativity
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Graduate Mapping Space with Clocks: Deduce Distances/Observers w/ Constant Light Speed
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Graduate Length contraction and time dilation in spacetime
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Graduate MTW Ch7: Choosing Lagrangian for Scalar Potential
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Graduate Existence of affine parameters of null geodesics
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Graduate Velocity of Accelerated Observer in SR: Understanding the Paradox
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Graduate Understanding the Role of Tensor Calculus in General Relativity
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