What is the cause of gravity? And if possible, what is the opposing force to gravity? ( ex. Thrust <> Drag )

Question

Well, if Newton's Third Law says that "For EVERY action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.", then how does the entire scientific world make this one exception for gravity? And if matter is the "force" keeping you from falling, could it be possible that gravity is caused by antimatter?

I'm putting this in a religious forum to get some different kinds of feedback. I am trying to either perfect this theory, or disprove it myself.

I am talking about gravity not gravitation. I dont agree with einsteins general relativity theory about matter going through the space-time continuum in order to create gravity, but gravity has to have an opposing force, the normal force in generally accepted as what stops you from falling further, but matter also can give you lift if you have enough thrust (because the wing cuts the air in half, causing 2 different coefficients of pressure, but even then with airplanes attaining lift, this is not a pure counterforce.

The theory I am talking about deals with matter, antimatter, and the origin of gravity and the beginnings of the earth.

Matter= Regular atoms
Antimatter= Atoms with negatively charged protrons and positively charged electrons. (opposite charges)

Sorry guys, I just cant work on this unless it's on here.

Ok, well, when an atom of matter (lets say hydrogen) and an atom of antimatter (hydrogen with opposite charged particles) collide in space, a huge amount of energy is released but nothing is left over. so the space being occupied by the atoms causes a temporary vacuum, now with 2 atoms the vacuum and the explosion would not be very large,but if a small mass of antimatter collided with an enormous mass of matter (900% more) the resulting collision would force the excess mass to be drawn into the vacuum area previously occupied by the antimatter. and with all that heat and energy at the core, the molten moving metal (if the atoms were mostly metal) would form a magnetic field around that planet protecting it from solar winds. With a few more encounters from cosmic travellers, you could eventually have the right recipe for a life sustaining planet.

Man, its really far fetched, but what do ya think?

Gravitation is a principle between small masses, and it is a conceptual theory. If you dont believe me, put a ball like a millimeter from your hand and see if your hand attracts it. IT WONT.
Mass causes attractions between objects, but matter is not the cause of the Earth's gravitational pull of 9.8

So yeah, I'm mixing principles, and yeah it's confusing, but im trying to figure this **** out so I can stop thinkin about it. And I dont know about the cosmological theory, but it sounds like a load of crap and Einstein was probably on LSD at the time or something. (sorry einstein) No centrifugal force is not the antiforce.And Mickey P, whoever you are DO NOT talk to me about the string theory. Alot of that theory is completely flawed which is why it is completely a theory. (kinda like this one)
I know that some people might think its heresy or whatever you wanna call it talking about the beginnings of the Earth, just think of it as like, god's building steps

i.e. Thrust and drag were only serving as an example of paired forces. Everything has a pair according to newton, and if gravity doesnt, I want a written apology, because I got lied to all through high school. Lol

Answer 1

We answered this already.

Forces don't have natural opposites. There are four types of forces: Gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear and weak nuclear. Physicists theorize that they might be inherently related and are trying to come up with a "Theory of Everything" to tie them together.

"Thrust" and "Drag" are just applications of those forces in opposite directions. In a rocket, thrust is generated by electromagnetic forces involved in the chemical reaction of combustion. That causes electromagnetic energy to be spewed off in various directions, which changes the momentum of the gases. If that momentum is directed out a nozzle, that pushed the rocket in the opposite direction, i.e. thrust. Drag is just the resistence to change in momentum of the particles in the way of the rocket, and could also involve any electromagnetic attraction between the atoms of the rocket molecules and the air molecules. It could even involve the gravitational force which condenses the air mass that the rocket is propelled through.

Force doesn't have an anti-force in the way that matter does. Of course, on a quantum level, you can espress any energy as a wave or particle. It has been theorized that a photon, the "particle" of light, might have an anti-photon equivalent, or a graviton, the "particle of gravity", might have an anti-graviton. But that's just the energy being expressed as matter, since all matter is energy. This is a bit different than the concepts of "thrust" and "drag", though.

BTW, vacuums don't draw matter. Vacuums exert no force. The only reason we tend to not have vacuums on Earth is because a vacuum would offer no resistance to the net pressure of atoms bouncing around it. In fact, space is mostly vacuum, or if physicists are correct, a quantum foam.

Answer 2

Do you have the qualifications to have an opinion about Einstein's theories. The gods know that I do not.

It seems that a component of cosmological theory that Einstein first proposed and then rejected as his most grievous mistake--the cosmological constant--has made a comeback because of observations indicating an accelerated expansion of the universe. This involves a force that overcomes the otherwise overwhelming effect of gravity.

Mass causes gravity.

I do not see how you can talk about gravity without talking about gravitation. They are differing grammatical forms of the same concept.

Answer 3

Hmm, well, according to my understanding, because the Earth has such a huge mass, it attracts all objects to its core. As for Newton's third law, as your mass pushes against the Earth, the Earth pushes back (normal force) with an equal amount of force - otherwise, you'd either start floating up into the atmosphere or sinking down to the core of the Earth.

Answer 4

If you are going to insist on mixing Newtons' classical mechanics and modern theories, no wonder you end up confused.

As I said before, Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws which provide relationships between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body.

They are approximations and offer no explanation of the why.

Answer 5

Wow, trying to perfect or disprove Newton seems like a pretty big task to me...

I think you would get better and more accurate answers in a science category. I couldn't even attempt to answer this one...lol

Answer 6

The opposing force is the resistance force. What ever you are standing on pushes back at you with the same force to keep you from moving anywhere, or else you would fall into whatever you are standing on.

Answer 7

There is no gravity. There's curved or warped space. Mass causes space to warp and "attract" objects.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Gravity.

sigh

It's the law.


Why fight it?


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