Gravity is not quite as it seems

[nefraiko]

I've wanted to make this thread for a little while, simply because when I first learned this fact, I didn't believe it.

Truth is, the concept of 'gravity' you learn about in school not totally correct. In school, you learn that the mass of a celestial object (like Earth) imparts an attraction force on other, smaller celestial objects. This 'pull' of gravity accounts for how we are standing in place rather than floating off into space, the Earth is so big it hooks us to its surface. This concept is simply not true, its a rushed and simplified way to explain gravity.

Truth is, gravity is not accounted for by object mass, but rather space being displaced by the volume of an object. The quickest and most easy way to describe the relationship between Earth and space is to liken it to a ball in a bathtub. When you submerge a ball underwater, it displaces the water and makes the height of the water in the bathtub rise. Celestial objects like Earth do the same to Space.

This is because space is not simply 'nothing'. Rather, space is comparable to a 3-dimensional fabric. This fabric can be bent, folded, scrunched up and displaced. So for a celestial object to exist in the universe, it must displace its volume worth of space in order to exist. As a result, the space in its direct proximity is scrunched up and folded along the surface, thus causing a force being imparted at its surface.

So don't confuse gravity as a the mass of an object pulling you down. Rather, the great volume of the earth causes a great deal of space to wrinkle at the surface of our atmosphere. This wrinkle in space, since space has an essence and is not nothing, imparts a force down on the Earth thus creating the illusion of gravity. The larger the celestial object, the more space it deforms and thus the more 'gravity' it creates.

The only difference in the bathtub example is if you were to plop a new planet in the universe, it would not raise the overall volume of the universe like submerging a ball in a bathtub will. Rather, in the universe, the distortion of space around an object only occurs in the immediate vicinity, it does not have an effect on all of space. That is why there is a lot of gravity near the surface of a planet, but not out in the middle of space.

I know this is an odd concept and some might simply not believe me, but this is the true facts about gravity and space. The concept you learned in school is most likely an incomplete or false version of reality. Thank you for reading and if this concept intrigues you, please do not fail to comment on it!

that is einstein's theory, space-time distortion due to mass of the object I think, but science isn't the absolute truth, some other scientist may prove this theory is wrong, but untill then it is what the physicians are telling (I think)

what I wanted to say is that you should keep your mind open because this theory might eventually be wrong

 

[Floydical]

that is einstein's theory, space-time distortion due to mass of the object I think, but science isn't the absolute truth, some other scientist may prove this theory is wrong, but untill then it is what the physicians are telling (I think)

what I wanted to say is that you should keep your mind open because this theory might eventually be wrong

Right, this was a theory of Einstein's. However, when it was tested by his team of scientists and others, it was confirmed to be true on Earth at least. What they proved is that light beams passing near the edge of our atmosphere can actually bend around the surface of the Earth as it follows the curve of the planet. Since light travels through space, this confirms the space around Earth is distorted due to the Earth's presence.

What this ultimately tells us is that celestial planets like Earth cause an abnormality to the space in its immediate vicinity. This abnormality refers to the distortion of space that causes a force on the surface referred to as gravity.

What I'm getting at here is this is not likely to be proven wrong like science of the past such as the earth being flat. Modern day scientists greatly agree with this theory. Things that are less known to us are things like dark matter, black holes and perhaps the existence of white holes, but I would argue the science around light bending through space will never be proven wrong.