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theorists had showed that if an object emits gravitational waves, its mass should decrease
Originally posted by siddharthsma
Could someone explain to me, what gravitational waves are exactly and why they cause mass to decrease ?
To my knowledge, they do not effect the rest mass of anything. Where did you hear that wave will reduce mass?
Originally posted by grad_student
The most common is that gravitational "waves" are the propagation of the gravity particle, the graviton.