General Relativity and Gravitation

General relativity, developed by Albert Einstein, describes gravity not as a force but as the warping of spacetime caused by mass and energy. Imagine spacetime as a flexible fabric: when a heavy object, like a star or planet, sits on it, the fabric curves. Objects moving nearby follow these curves, which appear as gravitational attraction. This means planets orbit stars and light bends around massive objects because of this curvature. General relativity provides a precise understanding of gravity’s influence on space, time, and the motion of objects, especially in strong gravitational fields like black holes or during the universe’s expansion.