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How Fast is Gravity?

Obnoxious
in Relativity

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Thought experiment: Imagine a infinitely large empty space, there is absolutely nothing there. Now, imagine that two hippos suddenly appeared a vast distance (30 light years) away from each other in this empty space. How long before the hippos start going towards each other? Or is it instant? Which, as we know, can't happen...

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