2006-09-26 03:08:18 · 16 answers · asked by ANON 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Of course there are currents in it.
2006-09-26 03:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by old_brain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Space is bent!
The universe is bent into a saddle shape - very much like a pringle dipper!
Under General relativity gravity curves space, you can think of it as a bowling ball placed on a rubber sheet. If you roll another ball along the sheet it will travel in a curve due to the bending of the sheet by the bowling ball.
This is been proven to be happening by Arthur Eddington at the end of WWI when he observed an eclipse where the stars near the sun were displaced as per Einsteins predictions and not Newtons.
2006-09-27 21:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by Mark G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space is bent.
A good example of this is gravity lensing, which is where the path of light is bent as it passes around an object with a great deal of mass, such as stars or black holes. It is a method favoured for discovering black holes.
A good analogy of this in 3D is to imagine a flat field with a dip somewhere on it. If you were to roll a ball near the dip its path would be altered as a result of what is effectively a bend in the field.
2006-09-27 18:22:25 · answer #3 · answered by propheticwalnut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every mass in the universe causes a curvature in space time. The mass of a single atom causes an inperceptible bending of space time, where as the infnite mass of a black hole causes infinite curvature in space time that is very detectable.
2006-09-26 03:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by Homer H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, why not?
Our laws of physics apply on our planet with our current gravitational field. We don't know ALL that the universe is capable of, nor are most of us mentally capable to understand dimensions beyond the 3 that we can see, and the 4th of time. But quantum mechanics and mathematics can formulate the bending of space
2006-09-26 03:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space is compressed and decompressed from gravitational affects as objects pass through it. You could say that it is bending and unbending all the time.
2006-09-26 07:01:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can. However, you have to consider the concept of space time rather than just space and time . Mass distorts space time which is Einstein's explanation of gravity.
2006-09-26 03:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space does bend....
Of was that just the acid???
2006-09-26 03:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can. The space around black holes (areas of such density and therefore gravity) can pull space and even light towards it.
2006-09-26 03:26:53 · answer #9 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not space but time its self yes but its to complex for me to explain!
2006-09-26 23:00:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. This has been proved while studying the Black Holes.
2006-09-26 04:25:45 · answer #11 · answered by prakash s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋