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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How does mass curve space?
« on: 10/10/2013 12:55:56 »
I'm a former physics major -- long long ago, no degree -- but do my best to read, understand and write about science. This one has been bugging me for a while.
According to Einsteins General Relativity the presence of mass curves space which we have observed during eclipses and through gravitational lensing. So my question is (and maybe the assumption is wrong but...)
If space is empty then what is being curved?
Seems that it must be something, not nothing if it is being curved.
According to Einsteins General Relativity the presence of mass curves space which we have observed during eclipses and through gravitational lensing. So my question is (and maybe the assumption is wrong but...)
If space is empty then what is being curved?
Seems that it must be something, not nothing if it is being curved.