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    Undergrad Gravity and curvature in spacetime

    Thanks for the replies. I had trouble trying to understand how there could be a flat sheet spread across the universe if all the objects are in so many directions. So is the tension between Earth and the fabric, the force that makes objects fall to to the center of the Earth, for instance an...
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    Undergrad Gravity and curvature in spacetime

    I'm am new to the forums and have a quick question. When I see diagrams of objects in the universe on the spacetime fabric, the bottom of the object seems to be touching the fabric. My question is, does the fabric touch Earth for example on the south pole like presented in the pictures, or on...