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What does it mean be gravity propagates with $c$? [duplicate]
I know that gravity propagates with speed of light. Does it mean that if Earth's orbit will disturb after 2 years if a supermassive black hole suddenly appears 2 light years away? Is this related to ...
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Is gravity instantaneous? [duplicate]
I want to know if (hypothetically) a star appears out of nowhere at a certain distance (say 20 light seconds) away from me, how long will it take for me to get the feel of it's gravity? Will I know it ...
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Is the influence of gravity greater than light? [duplicate]
As the influence of gravity is infinite throughout the universe.is the influence of its force on a body very far away faster than the speed of light.suppose a star dies...is the influence of its ...
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Do all the 4 forces of nature act at the same speed? [duplicate]
It is believed that gravity, the weakest of the four forces propagates at the speed of light, cf. e.g. this Phys.SE post. One would expect (perhaps erroneously) that the other, stronger, forces acted ...
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How soon that a force affect another object?
Imagine this scenario: I have 2 objects in vacuum without any force exerted upon them not even a possible gravitational force between them.
Now if one of them gets a gravitational or magnetic force, ...
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