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Your Phone's Map Works Because Spacetime Is Curved
GPS satellites must correct for Einstein's relativity every single day. Without those corrections, your location would drift by kilometers — making navigation useless within hours.
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GPS satellites must correct for Einstein's relativity every single day. Without those corrections, your location would drift by kilometers — making navigation useless within hours.
— From “Your Phone's Map Works Because Spacetime Is Curved”
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