Gravity: Radiating Energy & Spacetime

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Gravitational radiation is produced by accelerating massive bodies, similar to how light is produced in electromagnetism, but it is extremely weak and typically only detectable from intense astrophysical events like supernovae or black hole collisions. The discussion raises questions about the nature of gravity, suggesting that while gravity warps spacetime, the energy associated with this warping may not be radiated away but rather interacts with spacetime itself. It is proposed that spacetime could gain energy through this interaction, leading to further inquiries about whether this energy is stored within spacetime. The concept of gravitational waves is also introduced, highlighting their unique polarization pattern and their role as fluctuations in the spacetime metric. Overall, the conversation seeks clarification on the relationship between gravity, energy, and spacetime.
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maybe someone can clear up a possible misconception of mine,
if a body can radiate gravity where does this expended radiation
go? i have an idea that it is damped out, by spacetime, but then
spacetime would be gaining energy.
 
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I may be wrong, but I always thought gravity is the warping of spacetime. In this case a body doesn't radiate anything it only bends the fabric of spacetime around it. Please verify anything that I am missing.
 
But then again, when spacetime is warped by a body, does the warping take place because of a transfer of energy?

as you can see I'm new at all this so please correct or verify anything questionable.

sorry I can not help you much with your question
 
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here is a clip,

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/grav_radiation.html

Gravitational Radiation is to gravity what light is to electromagnetism. It is produced when massive bodies accelerate. You can accelerate anybody so as to produce such radiation, but due to the feeble strength of gravity, it is entirely undetectable except when produced by intense astrophysical sources such as supernovae, collisions of black holes, etc. These are quite far from us, typically, but they are so intense that they dwarf all possible laboratory sources of such radiation.

Gravitational waves have a polarization pattern that causes objects to expand in one direction, while contracting in the perpendicular direction. That is, they have spin two. This is because gravity waves are fluctuations in the tensorial metric of space-time.
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so is this energy "stored " in spacetime?
 
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