Concerning Gravity...?

Question

I read somewhere that gravity isn't actually a pulling force, but it is a pushing force. I read this solves the problem of singularity.

Is it true?

Any info appreciated!

Answer 1

Pushing?! That would mean the center of the earth isn't the center point of gravity, our atmosphere would be. That's just crazy!

Edit: It could be. It would explain things better. It'd explain why gravity is cut off after you leave our atmosphere. The moons atmosphere is alot shorter than ours, maybe that'd explain why theres so little gravity on that planet.

Answer 2

Imagine an ant crawling along a piece of paper that had been crumpled up and then opened and flattened out a bit. The ant is going along to its perception in a straight line always. From an outside perpective, it can be seen going up and down left and right depeneding upon how the paper pushes it.
Another example...
The earth is traveling through space in a straight line. What??? you may ask, and you'd be right to. But, all objects in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. They will remain in motion in a straight line. However, the warp or curvature of spacetime due to the Sun's mass causes the earth to orbit the Sun. The earth is pushed into an orbit by the Sun's gravity well.

Answer 3

The effects of gravity are described by the field equations of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. In the original form of this theory, the interaction between masses could only be attractive. However, recent discoveries about the expansiion of the universe and the existence of dark matter and dark energy have prompted a proposed revision to those equations, in which at very large distances "gravity" becomes repulsive. Einstein had at first added this feature to his original equations because when they were solved for the universe, they predicted an unstable universe, one that was either expanding or contracting. This was not acceptable to Einstein so he added this extra factor to his equations. Later, the expansion of the universe was discovered, and he dropped it. Now it seems he may have been right to add it after all.

Answer 4

I met the man who promoted that concept. It was about 25 years ago. He was answering questions in class (Solono Community College, Ca), and maintained that the force of gravity was a push. A relation of his had a revelation of some sort, and this person wrote a book about it. He was changing time and the value of "c" about in order to reach a conclusion. When this was mentioned to him, he ignored it.

The force of Gravity is due to an energy source. c2 = E/m describes this force as being a product of mass/energy. It cannot form of itself, but it is the basis of both mass and energy. In that it requires energy to perform work, and the force of gravity performs work, an energy source is required.

should you have an interest, there is a short writing entitled "The Problem and Repair of Relativity" at http://360.yahoo.com/noddarc There is also a short paper "What is a Graviton?"

Answer 5

I heard something about this also. There is gravity, a pulling force that gets weaker with distance. And, another force, which weakly pushes, that actually gets stronger with distance.

Answer 6

Newton law of universal gravitation Force=G*m1*m2/r^2 is a pull force which is directly proportional to product of masses(under consideration) and inversely proportional to the square of distance between them. Did not hear of any push force!

Answer 7

Possible. Matter bends space time assumingly downwards because of a pushing force. Any matter nearby falls to it because of the pushing force pushing matter downwards.

Answer 8

in a way...it could be, because the closer you get to a planet, the less "space" you are in and that "space" could be pushing you out toward it

but that would mean that the earth isnt the center of its gravity