explainstuff · @explainstuff

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Gravity isn’t a force pulling on objects. In General Relativity, matter and energy curve spacetime. Objects follow the natural paths of that curved geometry. Gravity is the result. The right-hand side of Einstein’s equation represents matter and energy. The left-hand side represents the curvature of spacetime. The equation links the two: matter tells spacetime how to curve, and curved spacetime produces gravity.