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DaRealKryall t1_itycuw0 wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic

Oh, I didn't know that, I stand corrected then!

Just graduated high school, but our last physics unit was special relativity; we were only taught it to be based on the velocity of an object relative to the stationary observer.

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CrzySunshine t1_itzeop4 wrote

Gravitation is handled in General Relativity, of which Special Relativity is a much smaller (and much easier) part.

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DaRealKryall t1_iu25haa wrote

Heh, easier by calculation, sure, but my classmates would disagree on the comprehension aspect of the questions.

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