The Shape of Time (Cont.)

Part 2 Spacetime

With general relativity and the better understanding of time and space now available to scientist, thanks to Einstein,  the theory shows that there is a combination of of time dimensions as well as the three dimensions of space which form to create what is known as spacetime. Basically what the theory just showed was that there are ties that include the effect of gravity over all the distribution of matter and energy in the universe. This energy and matter warps, thus distorting spacetime, which shows that it is actually not so flat after all. Since spacetime itself is curved, the objects trying to move in a straight line will be affected and their paths will be bent. The object moves as if it is being affected by a gravitational field.