Is it possible to compress the space without gravity?

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Sandip Kumar
Is it possible to compress the space without gravity?
 
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How could you compress a space without matter?
 
Could you expand (no pun intended) a little bit more on what you are trying to say?
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If you travel at extremely high speed, space compresses in front of you (from your point of view.)
 
Sandip Kumar said:
Is it possible to compress the space without gravity?
No, space is not a tangible thing that can be compressed. As is pointed out above, you can make it apprear that space is compressed but that's really just DISTANCE that is being compressed, not space.

I think you are being misled by statements about SPACE-TIME, which is not the same thing as space.
 
Sandip Kumar said:
Is it possible to compress the space without gravity?
This question doesn't make sense, as explained.
phinds said:
No, space is not a tangible thing that can be compressed. As is pointed out above, you can make it apprear that space is compressed but that's really just DISTANCE that is being compressed, not space.

I think you are being misled by statements about SPACE-TIME, which is not the same thing as space.
As the question has been answered and there is nothing left to say, I close this thread now.