query: Why is space (almost) flat? Is it because masses are approximately homogeneously distributed?
positive_passages.docid: 29399
positive_passages.text: Why does inflation (the inflaton field) push Omega down closer to zero (flatten the universe)?
negative_passages.docid: 144274
negative_passages.text: Why mass & energy bend spacetime?
negative_passages.docid: 72611
negative_passages.text: What is the mass density distribution of an electron?
negative_passages.docid: 42291
negative_passages.text: Why is spacetime curved by mass but not charge?
negative_passages.docid: 15338
negative_passages.text: Why is the centre of mass displaced even when external force is 0?
negative_passages.docid: 67531
negative_passages.text: Universe being flat and why we can't see or access the space "behind" our universe plane?
negative_passages.docid: 141447
negative_passages.text: Inverse Square Law and extra space dimensions
negative_passages.docid: 105865
negative_passages.text: The twin paradox and positively curved space
negative_passages.docid: 132194
negative_passages.text: Is rotational motion relative to space?
negative_passages.docid: 75055
negative_passages.text: Paradox with Gauss' law when space is uniformly charged everywhere
negative_passages.docid: 10178
negative_passages.text: How can mass bend spacetime, if there's nothing to bend?
negative_passages.docid: 79727
negative_passages.text: Direct proof of non-flatness
negative_passages.docid: 12784
negative_passages.text: Is the popular explanation given for gravity in General Relativity misleading?
negative_passages.docid: 137061
negative_passages.text: Understanding the different kinds of mass in gravity
negative_passages.docid: 114934
negative_passages.text: Bootstrap Paradox in Interstellar
negative_passages.docid: 39940
negative_passages.text: Is spacetime flat inside a spherical shell?
negative_passages.docid: 76894
negative_passages.text: Why is spacetime not Riemannian?