Artwork illustrating the concept of warped spacetime. The fabric of spacetime is represented as a grid in which objects of increasing mass produce increasingly large distortions. The idea that space is distorted by gravity is a consequence of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Spacetime is likened to a thin rubber sheet on which objects of varying mass produce depressions. According to Einstein,gravity is not a force; bodies do not have a pulling effect,but instead have a curving effect on the structure of spacetime around them. The closer to a body,the greater the curvature. A smaller object is not pulled toward a larger one,but instead is moving in the 'depression' caused by the larger one; this being the gravitational field of a body. This image depicts the deep well of a large red star,and the shallower well,or gravitational field,of an orbiting white dwarf star | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Take 27 |
Bildgröße: | 5315 px × 3425 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |