mass-energy equivalence
physics
Also known as: mass-energy
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cosmology
- In cosmology: Superunification and the Planck era
…of real pairs with positive mass-energy, a fact first demonstrated in the context of black holes by the English astrophysicist Stephen W. Hawking.
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mass
- In mass
…object was seen to be equivalent to energy, to be interconvertible with energy, and to increase significantly at exceedingly high speeds near that of light (about 3 × 108 metres per second, or 186,000 miles per second). The total energy of an object was understood to comprise its rest mass…
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