Frame Dragging and the Lense-Thirring Effect
This animation is an artist's conception of the Lense-Thirring Effect, which can create a precession of an orbiting object around a spinning gravitational source.

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Geodesics and Negative Curvature
This animation shows how initially parallel geodesics will diverge in negatively curved space.

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Geodesics and Positive Curvature
This animation shows how initially parallel geodesics will converge in positively curved space.

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Geodesics and Zero Curvature
This animation shows how initially parallel geodesics will remain parallel in the absence of curvature.

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Gravitational Lensing
This animation illustrates how the curvature of space-time produces a focusing effect on light called a gravitational lens.

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