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Spacetime

physical science Maturity 9-11

Space and time are one. They work together like a team. This helps us see where things are. It also shows when things happen. This is how our world works. Can you think of a place in space?

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File:Observer in special relativity.svg
Observer in special relativity.svg
File:Minkowski Diagram from 1908 'Raum und Zeit' lecture.jpg
Minkowski Diagram from 1908 'Raum und...
File:Spacetime Diagram of Two Photons and a Slower than Light Object.png
Spacetime Diagram of Two Photons and a...
File:Standard configuration of coordinate systems.svg
Standard configuration of coordinate systems.svg
File:Galilean and Spacetime coordinate transformations.png
Galilean and Spacetime coordinate...
File:ModernPhysicsSpaceTimeA.png
ModernPhysicsSpaceTimeA.png
File:World line.png
World line.png
File:Relativity of Simultaneity Animation.gif
Relativity of Simultaneity Animation.gif
File:Spacelike and Timelike Invariant Hyperbolas.png
Spacelike and Timelike Invariant Hyperbolas.png
File:Spacetime diagram of invariant hyperbola.png
Spacetime diagram of invariant hyperbola.png
File:Animated Spacetime Diagram - Length Contraction.gif
Animated Spacetime Diagram - Length...
File:Introductory Physics fig 4.9.png
Introductory Physics fig 4.9.png

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