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Earth Is In The Middle Of A Space-Time Vortex

6 March, 2012

MessageToEagle.com - Earth sits in the middle of a space-time vortex.

Einstein predicted this almost 100 years ago and he was right.

Space-time around Earth seems to be distorted, just a general relativity predicts.

Time and space, according to Einstein's theories of relativity, are woven together, forming a four-dimensional fabric called "space-time."

The mass of Earth dimples this fabric, much like a heavy person sitting in the middle of a trampoline. Gravity, says Einstein, is simply the motion of objects following the curvaceous lines of the dimple.

If Earth were stationary, that would be the end of the story. But Earth is not stationary. Our planet spins, and the spin should twist the dimple, slightly, pulling it around into a 4-dimensional swirl.

Credit: NASA

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Super-Earth Discovered Orbiting Several Suns

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