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AMA | October 2021

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Curvature of Space Time Within a Galaxy

Inside a galaxy, the curvature of space time is different in different places. This gives rise to what we think of as the gravitational field. So when you're talking about the space time curvature within a galaxy, youneed to separately treat every star and planet icause they're all sources for it.

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