OrangePumkin@piefed.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCan energy be associated with/related to spacetime ?message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareCan energy be associated with/related to spacetime ?OrangePumkin@piefed.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareOrangePumkin@piefed.nlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s an important link. How does that happen ?
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThrough mass/energy equivalence, E=mc2. Energy distorts spacetime the same as its equivalent rest mass.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTo clarify, energy isn’t a “thing” that exists. It’s a property of matter, and so is mass. So spacetime are only related in that matter exists in spacetime, and can influence it in ways we don’t (or at least I don’t,) really understand.
minus-squareignirtoq@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoEnergy is not only a property of matter. Photons have energy, no mass, and are not matter but in fact force carrier particles.
That’s an important link. How does that happen ?
Through mass/energy equivalence, E=mc2. Energy distorts spacetime the same as its equivalent rest mass.
To clarify, energy isn’t a “thing” that exists. It’s a property of matter, and so is mass.
So spacetime are only related in that matter exists in spacetime, and can influence it in ways we don’t (or at least I don’t,) really understand.
Energy is not only a property of matter. Photons have energy, no mass, and are not matter but in fact force carrier particles.