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bravesoul206/16/20251 replyview on HN

I don't understand the more space thing then. Is this more space due to spacetime curvature or something else.

E.g. if we have earth and moon:

    O   o
Why is there more space from the moon towards earth than away?

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jblezo06/16/2025

Spacetime curvature.

Like if you dropped the earth on a giant sheet, it would stretch the sheet more than what the moon would have.

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