Why do objects fall to the ground when dropped? Why do you fall on the ground when you start jumping instead of drifting away into space? Gravity is the most obvious of the four basic forces of nature.
Since gravity affects us constantly, especially on Earth, it makes sense that our brains have evolved to understand its effects instinctively. The question of gravity? Why does the nature of the cosmos itself change as a result of this unexplained force’s impact on space-time? Let’s learn more about this, shall we?
As one of the four fundamental forces of nature – alongside electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces – gravity is a hugely influential natural phenomenon.
It’s a property of matter, of stuff. In a nutshell: all matter is attracted to all other matter. The more matter there is, and the closer objects are to each other, the bigger that attractive force.
And unlike electricity and magnetism, which can either repel or attract, gravity always pulls things together.
