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Gravity is not a force, it's a consequence.

Gravity is not a force. Well, not in general relativity. Instead, gravity is a consequence.

A black hole warps space and time by physically altering it by its ridiculous mass. So, that would suggest that time is a physical thing. It is. So, gravity is the consequence of mass warping and shaping space-time.


You can watch the narrated version of the article below.



In 1919, the Eddington Experiment showed that space and time are warped by the sun. In the experiment, Eddington used a total solar eclipse to measure the gravitational deflection of starlight passing near the Sun. The value of this deflection had been predicted by Albert Einstein in a 1911 paper and was one of the tests proposed for both his 1911 theory of special relativity and his 1915 theory of general relativity.



Following the return of the expeditions, the results were presented by Eddington to the Royal Society of London, and, after some deliberation, were accepted. Widespread newspaper coverage of the results led to worldwide fame for Einstein and his theories.


This 2-dimensional graphic is not so correct though but it does help grasp what is happening. A better graphic is this one, showing the bending of space and time, space-time, being warped, stretched, and shaped in 3 dimensions rather than just two.


The warping of space-time isn't just in space, though, you're warping it right now here on Earth. It is everywhere. So, you're walking through space and time every day. Your head is older than your toes. What. This is simply because your head is slightly further away from the Earth, so the space-time around your head is weaker, and therefore time moves slightly quicker.



The image depicts a three-dimensional grid structure that represents the concept of curved space-time. This structure is likely used to illustrate the warping of space-time due to the presence of a massive object, typically as described by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Something similar happened to twin brothers Astronaut Scott Kelly and his twin brother, Mark. Astronaut Scott Kelly was in space on the ISS for one year and his brother on Earth for one year. making Mark an even older brother. This is because the theory of special relativity holds that time moves more slowly for objects in motion compared to a stationary observer. Because Scott Kelly was on the ISS orbiting the Earth, he had more mass and therefore time went more slowly for him. This "time dilation" is most dramatic and noticeable at relativistic speeds, but the effects manifest even at the much lower velocities experienced by bodies in Earth orbit.

A comic strip showing two parents returning from a long space tour. They are stepping out of a spaceship, saying, "Hi kids – we're back!!" Their children, now elderly, are waiting for them, one using a walker and the other in a wheelchair, humorously highlighting the lengthy duration of the parents' space journey. The caption above reads, "When your parents return from a long space tour."

You might have seen this meme floating around on the internet regarding parents boarding a rocket and they come back and they see their son and daughter much older than them. This is basically the same thing that happened to the twin brothers but on a much a grander scale. The rocket the parents went on sped off at near the speed of light, allowing the mum and dad's time to pretty much stop, hence why they are still young.

An animated GIF showing two orbiting objects, likely black holes or neutron stars, generating gravitational waves. The objects spiral towards each other, creating ripples in the surrounding space-time fabric. The waves radiate outward in concentric circles, visually representing the concept of gravitational waves as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

In extreme events, space and time can form in waves. The LIGO detectors picked up signals of two neutron stars colliding causing the space-time to form waves like throwing a rock into a pond.


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