2007-08-24 17:34:30 · 6 answers · asked by antariksh 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Wherever therre's mass, theres a distortion in the space continuum. the larger the mass, the greater the distortion resulting in greater gravitional pull.
2007-08-25 05:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually a bit of a mystery. Einstein demonstrated that gravity works by bending the fabric of space/time. The classic analogy is to imagine a tightly stretched rubber sheet with a number of balls of different weights resting on it. if you then roll a small ball across the sheet, its path will be deflected by the depressions in the sheet, just as objects travelling through space are deflected by the gravitational fields of massive celestial objects. What's not yet certain is how this force is transmitted across a distance. Physicists have posited the existence of particles called gravitons, but they have not yet been detected.
2007-08-24 17:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by TG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Currently: Unknown.
There exists a theoretical partical called a graviton that is possible to attact other particles. But there is no evidence of this partical, yet.
It is the only force that is completely unknown.
Scientists such as Stephen Hawking are currently researching this.
2007-08-24 19:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by Simon H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rotation of the earth (and other mass containing bodies) causes centrifugal force, i.e. gravity.
2007-08-24 17:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The rotation of the world? just like on rides at amusement parks
2007-08-24 17:44:56 · answer #5 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gravity
2007-08-24 17:41:03 · answer #6 · answered by art_tchr_phx 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋