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General relativity is complicated. Not just conceptually, but technically; the equations governing the curvature of spacetime are enormously difficult to solve in any real-world situation. What we know about the exact predictions of the theory comes mostly from highly idealized cases with a great deal of symmetry, such as a static star or a completely smooth universe. Determining the spacetime curvature caused by two black holes passing by each other near the speed of light is beyond our current capabilities (although the state of the art is advancing rapidly).
From Eternity to Here
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