In spite of these misgivings, there is nothing in Einstein's theory of space, time and gravitation to forbid journeying into the past, a possibility that Einstein himself hated.
Space-time, according to Einstein's theories of relativity, is a four-dimensional fabric woven together by space and time.
The perpendicular changes in Time but Einstein believed that the concept of Space is independent from the concept of Time.
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Since the concept of simultaneity had been put aside, Einstein considered Time to be the same while Space instead had changed.
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One of his great achievements since then, together with mathematician Roger Penrose, has been to prove that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity means space and time has a beginning in the "Big Bang" and ends in black holes.
One is Einstein's general relativity, which deals with space, time and gravity.
Einstein's theory holds that matter and energy distort space, and massive bodies such as planets and stars travel in this warped space.
The effect is a direct consequence of Einstein's theory of general relativity which tells us that space is warped by the presence of mass.
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"Einstein's theory of general relativity tells us that mass bends space and time, so when light comes toward us through the Universe, if it passes some dark matter, its light gets bent and the image we see gets bent and distorted, " Dr Heymans told the meeting.
Einstein's theory of relativity unified these and created a four-dimensional space that is an analogue to our three-dimensional space, except that the "distance" between two points need not be positive.
Einstein's general theory of relativity states that objects with mass cause a curvature in space-time, which we perceive as gravity.
Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity in 1916, offering a description of gravity, space and time that transformed how scientists understand the physical laws governing the known universe.
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That (as Einstein showed) means that from the particle's point of view time stands still and space contracts to nothingness.
"From Einstein's theory of gravity, that is his general relativity theory, we believe mass curves space and this can cause light to follow a curved path, " he told BBC News Online.
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