RWS
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Well, "gravity" is actually the combination of two forces. Curvature of space-time by mass, and motion by that mass.
The curvature that mass creates does not actually "attract" anything. It just stretches the rubber field of space around it inwards, to a certain degree.
The attraction is caused by the motion of that mass. If the sun just stayed still relative to the universe, it would just curve the space around it, and everything would just fly by along those curves and escape. It takes the constant motion of the sun to keep other objects travelling along in the curves it creates.
So how "gravity" works is a subject that can be debated if not understood properly. The above is my theory of how mass creates the illusion of gravity. The illusion exists, but it does not work the way popular thought thinks it does. Gravity (attraction) is not a force in and of itself, it is the observable result of two other forces acting together.
The curvature that mass creates does not actually "attract" anything. It just stretches the rubber field of space around it inwards, to a certain degree.
The attraction is caused by the motion of that mass. If the sun just stayed still relative to the universe, it would just curve the space around it, and everything would just fly by along those curves and escape. It takes the constant motion of the sun to keep other objects travelling along in the curves it creates.
So how "gravity" works is a subject that can be debated if not understood properly. The above is my theory of how mass creates the illusion of gravity. The illusion exists, but it does not work the way popular thought thinks it does. Gravity (attraction) is not a force in and of itself, it is the observable result of two other forces acting together.
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