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Jeffprice

You’re right in that the stretching of the fabric of space causes the gravitational effect. And following that logic would require the existence of ether.
Isaac Newton – the greatest scientist of all time – believe that gravity was caused by density variation in the ether, although he couldn’t get the maths to work for an ether model. And so he stuck with his law of gravitation, in which gravity was caused by “action at a distance”, requiring no further explanation as to its cause.
If you do support the concept of ether, then you are against Einstein’s spacetime concept and almost all professors that teach physics.
When I studies relativity for my degree, I knew relativity was false, but accepted its views, and fully understood its principles and predictions. I later found that an ether model produces better results in which the whole of relativity can be embedded.
The only way in which matter can cause density variations in the ether is if it exists as holes in the ether. Around the hole the structure of the ether changes - its density drops because the ether particles are stretched into circular symmetry. The mass associated with the matter is not within the empty hole but in the surrounding mass of the ether space.
Don’t expect any support form your professors.
Don’t be too concerned about the Michelson-Morley result (two-way light test).
If special relativity wants to prove itself it must be able to stand up to a modern “one-way” speed of light test that uses two clocks and a laser. This test will prove the end of Einstein’s relativity.