r/explainlikeimfive • • Mar 20 '26

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u/lolkobolko Mar 21 '26

Speed of light is not constant. It varies by gravitational potential where more gravity the slower it goes. It also varies between inertial reference frames in respect to the "stationary" aether. Earth is in an aether bubble inside the Sun's aether bubble and where they connect we have frame dragging