Originally posted by: pray4mojo
gravity is not a force. but theres a force due to gravity called weight.
Originally posted by: Mo0o
If you can adequately answer #2 im sure you can get a nobel out of it. I thought some people believe gravity IS mediated by a particle (graviton) and finding it would help unify physics
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
If an object is at the center of 2 mass objects that have = mass that are 180 degrees apart. The gravatalional field will cause that object to be 100% static. . This should ans 2 also. Gravataional fields are forces produce by mass. and the object would be in contact with the field
But I only finished 12 grade. LOL.
Gravity isn't a constant . The size of the field is dependent upun the mass of the object the produces it. Take a black hole for instanstance. Light can't escape its power.
Better yet take a walk on the moon and jump. The strength of the field is completely 100% related to mass creating it.
This is one thing that always bother me about the big bang theory. If all the mass of the universe was in one place I just don't see how it could blow out . We have a pretty good idea of what black holes are. Its been said nothing can escape it. Yet scientist want us to believe all the mass of the universe was in one place yet some how some way mass escaped from it. Now either nothing can escape or it can . It can't be both.
If you were to fall from space onto the moon you would fall at a slower speed than if you were falling from space onto Saturn. So gravational fields are not a constant . It is the mass of an object that sets the strength of the field.
Now if there is more than 1 universe this changes things abit. Actually alot. In the whole of this universe. Dark matter is the most intriguing thing to me. its everywhere not one fabric of space is empty. Dark matter exist everywhere and infact its total weight is greater the all the mass of the universe. I like to think of dark matter as being GOD.
The really strange thing about darkmatter is the mass has no effect upon it.
Now if you meant that gravitional field being constant. That there is an absolute speed that can be attained from a object caught in its field I might agree . and I am assuming scientist would put that absolute speed at 186,000 miles per second . But I wouldn't bet the farm on that. Its said nothing can attain lot speed. But I really doubt that.
If scientist want us to except that you can fold space and time. Than I think maybe they should take another look at light speed as being an absolute limit. Because when folding space time. You are in fact shortening the distance between 2 objects. in theory only . I believe and its only a belief that when an object exceeds 186,000 miles per second. The moment light speed is passed you are in fact folding time and space.
Originally posted by: BALIstik916
Eeezee is correct...gravity is one of the four fundamental forces. Your answer to #1 sounds right and no one in my class is stupid enough to write outer space because he distinctly said that is not the answer.
#2 is kind of difficult and I don't know if I am phrasing it correctly. Why is gravity considered a force if it is not in direct contact with us. And to magnets and charges...don't electrical fields dictate contact?
Originally posted by: her209
The formula you gave is to calculate gravitational force between two masses. Gravity is a constant.Originally posted by: Eeezee
Her209, why do you claim that gravity is not a force? F= - GMm/r^2, yes?
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
Than the ans would be noware. If 2 equal fields have an object ats its center THey cancel each other out so there would be zero field effect.
As far as black matter goes . Link please.
Here is my theory on dark matter and its as good as anyone elses. Darkmatter is moving at faster than light speed . So it exist outside of time space. I believe dark matter is omnipresent.
Lets say there is a black hole and a light ray is heading for it. At a speed of 186.000 miles per second . Once that light ray is caught in the gravational pull of the black hole . Will it's speed increase?????.
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Imagine what a 4-dimensional cube looks like. That'll probably help. Good luck.Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You know I've always wondered, since the space/time medium encompasses 4 "dimensions", what fuckin' dimension does it bend in? I only took Physics 150 in college so the prof just goes: "space/time bends" and we just mutely write it down in our notebooks. I never had the wherewithal to raise my hand and go "umm... what?"
The closest you'll probably get is a tesseract, which Carl Sagan described as a "shadow" of a 4-dimensional cube, just as a square is a "shadow" of a 3-dimensional cube.
If you only existed in two dimensions, and new of a square. Could you conceive of the direction in which that "extra" dimension existed?
The analogy you may have seen before is the "rubber sheet," wherein space is reduced to two dimensions, leaving time as the third - objects with mass curve the sheet downward. Something passing by will "fall" toward the object with mass. If it lacks sufficient velocity, it will become trapped by the gravity well, and either enter orbit, or collide.
Orbiting, as I understand it: You're falling toward the planet, but you're also moving forward. As you move forward, the ground, by nature of the spherical shape of the planet, is moving away from you. In that reference frame, you're in free-fall, falling toward a surface which is constantly curving away from you, yet because of your constant falling, you are able to remain equidistant from it.
I'm imagining the shit out of that cube. You don't even know...
But maybe I was confused, but I thought the "rubber sheet" was space along one axis and time along the other, with mass distorting it in some mystery dimension. But what you're saying is the sheet is space and mass distorts space in the "direction" of time?
Originally posted by: Rustican
NASN Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter
Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: Rustican
NASN Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter
That is actually a fantastic find.
Im sure more will be heard about this from the scientific community.
Originally posted by: BALIstik916
Hey guys this will score me some extra credit on my final...I appreciate the help in advance
The official question is sorta in 2 parts
1. Where are you exempt from gravitational forces?
2. If gravity is a force then why isn't it in contact with us? (Prof told us that forces must be 2 things in contact)
Appreciate the help
Originally posted by: Rustican
NASN Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter
You're still producing your own gravitational field, and you're stuck at the bottom of a gravity well. I'd say you're still not really exempt from gravity.Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Originally posted by: BALIstik916
Hey guys this will score me some extra credit on my final...I appreciate the help in advance
The official question is sorta in 2 parts
1. Where are you exempt from gravitational forces?
2. If gravity is a force then why isn't it in contact with us? (Prof told us that forces must be 2 things in contact)
Appreciate the help
1) At the earths core.
You need bigger pages.Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
Bump to front page.
Originally posted by: BALIstik916
2. If gravity is a force then why isn't it in contact with us? (Prof told us that forces must be 2 things in contact)
Originally posted by: BALIstik916
Hey guys this will score me some extra credit on my final...I appreciate the help in advance
The official question is sorta in 2 parts
1. Where are you exempt from gravitational forces?
2. If gravity is a force then why isn't it in contact with us? (Prof told us that forces must be 2 things in contact)
Appreciate the help
Originally posted by: her209
Soviet RussiaOriginally posted by: BALIstik916
1. Where are you exempt from gravitational forces?
Gravity is not a force.2. If gravity is a force then why isn't it in contact with us? (Prof told us that forces must be 2 things in contact)
F=m*a