The origin of the Universe, with Prof Thomas Hertog
Instant Genius
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The Relationship Between Time and Gravity
Einstein's theory is really a dialogue between matter and space and time, the shape of space and time. And it's that curvature of space time, that bending, which we experience as gravity. As of the mass of the sun, for instance, will bend the fabric of space in its environment. It will create a little bit, say, and that dip is enough to keep the planets in orbit around the sun.
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