@INeedMana@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-27 months agoTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closerwww.youtube.commessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down115
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closerwww.youtube.com@INeedMana@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-27 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoThis is a pretty accessible visualization of gravity. https://youtu.be/b9XhexlQMZw
minus-square@thenextguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoBut it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
minus-squareSasha [They/Them]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoIt’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.
minus-square@Couldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoIf it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.
This is a pretty accessible visualization of gravity.
https://youtu.be/b9XhexlQMZw
But it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
It’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.
If it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.