Articles for tag: cosmology, gravity, Physics, Space

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Gravity’s True Nature is Even Stranger Than We Imagine

Suhail Ahmed

We grow up thinking of gravity as the simplest force in the universe: things fall down, planets go around the sun, end of story. Yet when you follow the evidence from black holes to the edges of the observable cosmos, that everyday picture falls apart in ways that are almost unsettling. Gravity, it turns out, ...

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The Gravity of the Situation: Why You Weigh Less on the Moon

Suhail Ahmed

Step onto the Moon and the scale plays a delightful trick: your weight plummets, your steps feel springy, and suddenly the body you know behaves like it’s learning a new dance. Behind that thrill is a story of mass, distance, and the quiet pull of worlds – nothing mystical, just the universe’s rules applied in ...

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8 Mind-Bending Facts About Gravity You Never Knew

Suhail Ahmed

We grow up treating gravity like background software: always running, rarely questioned. Yet the deeper physicists dig into how gravity really works, the stranger it becomes, colliding with quantum rules, warping time, and hinting at hidden parts of the universe. This is not the tidy, apple-falling story most of us learned in school; it is ...

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Wild Study Suggests Human Intelligence Might Exist Because of Gravity

Suhail Ahmed

  Deep beneath your feet, far below the crust and the continents and the oceans, something may be quietly shaping the way you think. A new wave of research is exploring a wild idea: that Earth’s gravity and layered interior might not just support life, but help sculpt the very way brains evolve. Instead of ...

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The Strangest Ways Scientists Have Tested Gravity (Including in Minecraft!)

Annette Uy

The enigmatic force of gravity has long intrigued scientists, inspiring them to devise innovative ways to study its effects. From dropping objects from towering heights to conducting intricate experiments in virtual worlds, the quest to understand gravity has led researchers down some truly peculiar paths. This article delves into the fascinating and sometimes bizarre methods ...