Gravity

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A two-dimensional analogy of spacetime distortion, generated by the mass of an object. Matter changes the geometry of spacetime, this curved geometry being interpreted as gravity. White lines do not represent the curvature of space, but do represent the coordinate system imposed on the curved spacetime.

Gravity is a force of attraction that pulls together all matter (anything that can be physically touched).

The more matter something has, the greater the force of its gravity. That means really big objects like planets and stars have a stronger gravitational pull.



A natural phenomenon, gravity exists in any and every thing that has mass. Anything that has gravity is attracted to other things with gravity.

Different planets have different gravity, such as Vulcan or Qo'noS, which have slightly heavier gravity than Earth.

When the Universe was forming, the gravitational attraction of the original gaseous matter present caused it to begin coalescing, and form stars, causing the stars to group together into galaxies.

Gravity also has an infinite range, although its effects become weaker as objects get further away from each other.



Gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions of physics, comparative to electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear force(s).

As such, it has no significant influence at the level of subatomic particles, and is the dominant interaction at the macroscopic scale, being the cause of the formation, shape and trajectory (orbit) of astronomical bodies.