Spacetime · Asteria Star

Definition

The four-dimensional fabric of space and time that mass and energy curve to produce gravity.

Scientific overview

Special relativity unified space and time into a single spacetime; general relativity made it dynamical, curved by mass and energy. Cosmology describes the whole Universe as an evolving spacetime.

Rests on

Special Relativity

General Relativity

Related scientists

Albert Einstein

Knowledge connections

Required byCosmic Inflation
Related toGravity
Depends onSpecial Relativity
Depends onGeneral Relativity
Developed byAlbert Einstein
Related toSpecial Relativity
Associated withTime Dilation
Associated withThe Equivalence Principle

Sources & references

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