fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoMake gravity your bitchmander.xyzimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down115
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minus-squarespacecadet [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHonest noob science question: is gravity as defined with Einstein’s space-time time definition mean it ceases to be an actual “force” …? Like, two masses affecting each other through gravity is not like two magnets but rather space-time “bending”?
minus-squareplinky [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoit’s still a force, produced by a field (in this case curvature), although alternative opinions are available: (linky to pbs spacetime)
Honest noob science question: is gravity as defined with Einstein’s space-time time definition mean it ceases to be an actual “force” …? Like, two masses affecting each other through gravity is not like two magnets but rather space-time “bending”?
it’s still a force, produced by a field (in this case curvature), although alternative opinions are available: (linky to pbs spacetime)