Kip Thorne

We'll have four different gravitational wave windows open within the next 20 years, and each of them will see something different. We'll be probing the birth of the universe with this. The so-called 'inflationary era' of the universe. We'll be probing the birth of the fundamental forces and how they came into being.

American Physicist

Seth Shostak

Recent results from astronomers who study the occasional gravitational lensing of unknown worlds by intervening stars suggest that orphan planets could be at least as numerous as the stars. In other words, there could be hundreds of billions of orphan worlds shuffling through our galaxy.

American Scientist

Richard P. Feynman

Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena with the geometry of space; this was an exciting idea.

Neil Turok

If the universe sprung into existence and then expanded exponentially, you get gravitational waves traveling through space-time. These would fill the universe, a pattern of echoes of the inflation itself.

South African Physicist

Rainer Weiss

It's very, very exciting that it worked out in the end that we are actually detecting things and actually adding to the knowledge, through gravitational waves, of what goes on in the universe.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

American Clergyman

Stephen Hawking

The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the sky.

English Physicist

Jack Swigert

When we get out to other planets in the solar system, we'll use the gravitational pull of each planet to help launch us to the next.

Albert Einstein

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

German Physicist

Mary Roach

American Author

Gravitation in science specifically refers to a natural force between masses.

Scientific Force

While gravitation often involves Earth, it applies universally between all masses.

Not Always Earth

Gravitation isn't just a metaphor; it's a physical pulling force.

Literal Pull

Gravitation can describe social or economic movements influenced by a 'pulling' factor.

Social Influence

Gravitation can be figurative, demonstrating a drawn interest or tendency.

Figurative Attraction

In astronomy, gravitation explains why celestial bodies orbit each other.

Orbital Motion

Gravitation leads to predictable orbits, which scientists can calculate.

Predictable Path

 where the gravitational pull becomes so great that not even light can escape. Einstein's equations predict the size and shape of this ring, so taking a picture of it wouldn't only be really cool, it would also help to verify that these equations hold in the extreme conditions around the black hole.

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 the animation there if this planet goes around the the star actually wobbles so basically the planet moves around the star and the star leans back because the gravitation of the planet tucks at the star and so the plot the star moves back and forth and you can see that in the stellar

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 The signal only lasted a fifth of a second and was the detector's first observation of gravitational waves. What are these ripples in space? The answer starts with gravity, the force that pulls any two objects together. That's the case for everything In the observable universe.

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 Physics also tells us that the only forces that can influence objects from afar are magnetic and gravitational. Probably the closest thing to telekinesis that science can explain is the use of thoughts to control a robotic arm. In the brains of stroke patients who can't move,

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 It is considered the edge of the solar system since that is where the gravitational and physical influences of the sun end. Our solar system's particular configuration of planets and other celestial objects, all revolving around a life-giving star,

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 Jupiter's large collection of moons is only made possible by the planet's massive size and gravitational pull, the strongest of all the planets in the solar system. This incredible gravity also influence the sizes of the seven other planets.

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 But we know it's out there because we can observe its gravitational attraction on galaxies and other celestial objects. We've yet to directly observe dark matter, but scientists theorize that we may actually be able to create it

Could we create dark...

 precisely equal to the gravitational potential energy the top of the balls what's true for the waterfall is true for everything in the universe it's a fundamental law of nature known as the

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 With all this gravitational power comes huge responsibility. Jupiter originally flung water into the inner solar system, creating the conditions for life on Earth. So thank you, Jupiter.

Uncovering Jupiter's...

 Jupiter exerts its influence across the solar system through its gravitational field