General Relativity does allow the possibility of "spacetime waves", which could be caused by sudden changes in a gravitational field, such as two black holes colliding into each other. They're called "gravity waves", which are incredibly weak but still theoretically measurable. LIGO detectors have already been set up to detect such gravity waves.
It's quite possible that in a dense field of gravitational masses, gravity waves could be "refracted" as it passes through it, much like how light is refracted in matter composed of atoms or molecules. But I'm really winging with this one. I can't tell you for sure.
On the other hand, since quantum physics posits that for all particles (including massless particles like photons), there are associated deBrolige phase waves, it might be possible to view such phase waves as "oscillating spacetime". But this would require an overhaul of General Relativity, because in quantum physics, deBroglie waves are complex entities involving the imaginary number and phase, and General Relativity doesn't have that.
And then of course, we got String Theory, which is another subject. I'm pretty sure, though, that you're not talking about strings.
2007-02-06 08:28:09
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answered by Scythian1950 7
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All these ideas are esoteric.
You can't vibrate nothing (empty Space = nothing).
You can't refract nothing (empty Space emits nothing)
Bending and folding space is a theory relating to how space might actually be shaped. It is not a process we are "doing"
out there in a garage somewhere.
2007-02-06 10:04:48
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answered by zahbudar 6
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different than that... area does not fold. There are no longer any commonplace stable actual recommendations to Einstein's Equations that would desire to describe the folding of area. you will, of direction, produce any volume of psychological nonsense of the type "If i will borrow 12 trillion billion million a lot of unfavorable count from my extraterrestrial neighbor and chum Mike, then i will make a wormhole that folds area..." yet then you definately've the priority to describe the place "Mike" have been provided that stuff from and the respond is "no longer Walmart!". you spot... good judgment and arithmetic do no longer stay away from you from producing particularly a lot of GIGO (rubbish-in-rubbish-out). Wormholes and area folding are purely extremely candy smelling monster thousands of staggering GIGO. So, certainly, if "Mike" brings over a number of the unfavorable mass stuff this nighttime, we will attempt to bend time. yet somebody extra advantageous make useful he shows up!
2016-12-17 03:56:20
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answered by endicott 4
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to change the peramiters under wich matter existes in our universe may inable us to observe a sub space phenomina or alternate dimention.
2007-02-10 06:22:45
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answered by Tony N 3
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Describe your technique to do this.
2007-02-06 08:14:48
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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