INeedManatoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·1 month agoedit-21 month agoTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closer(www.youtube.com)external-linkarrow-up1358arrow-down115message-square71fedilink
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closer(www.youtube.com)INeedManatoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·1 month agoedit-21 month agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovaheaEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down0·1 month agolinkfedilinkThis is a pretty accessible visualization of gravity. https://youtu.be/b9XhexlQMZw
minus-squarethenextguyEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month agolinkfedilinkBut it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
minus-squareSashaEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·1 month agolinkfedilinkIt’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-squareCouldbealeotardEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·1 month agolinkfedilinkIf 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.