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Why is there gravity?

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Why is there gravity?
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RE: Why is there gravity?
April 18, 2015 at 4:32 am
"Why" means different things. Ultimately, it will go to things we cannot understand. Why is there matter? Why does it bend space? Why is there even space, rather than nothing at all?

So the simplest answer is "because matter bends space," and the ultimate answer is unknown and probably unknowable.
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Why is there gravity?

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Why is there gravity? - by urlawyer - March 28, 2015 at 7:27 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by downbeatplumb - March 28, 2015 at 7:32 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by I_am_not_mafia - March 28, 2015 at 7:39 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by urlawyer - March 28, 2015 at 7:41 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by c172 - March 28, 2015 at 1:43 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by urlawyer - March 28, 2015 at 7:39 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Norman Humann - March 28, 2015 at 7:43 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by urlawyer - March 28, 2015 at 7:54 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Smaug - March 28, 2015 at 8:01 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by robvalue - March 28, 2015 at 8:06 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by vorlon13 - March 28, 2015 at 10:10 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 10:35 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Surgenator - March 28, 2015 at 12:58 pm
Why is there gravity? - by KUSA - March 28, 2015 at 11:05 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Anomalocaris - March 28, 2015 at 11:26 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 11:29 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Anomalocaris - March 28, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Anomalocaris - March 28, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 11:31 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 11:17 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by popeyespappy - March 28, 2015 at 12:39 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by vorlon13 - March 28, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Anomalocaris - March 28, 2015 at 1:42 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 1:37 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Surgenator - March 28, 2015 at 2:37 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 1:45 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 1:48 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 28, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 3:18 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 28, 2015 at 3:41 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by urlawyer - March 28, 2015 at 4:06 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - March 30, 2015 at 1:28 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Brometheus - March 30, 2015 at 12:37 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Aractus - March 30, 2015 at 1:43 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 30, 2015 at 8:31 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by bennyboy - March 30, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - March 30, 2015 at 8:48 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by bennyboy - March 31, 2015 at 1:38 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - April 5, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by JuliaL - April 5, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by bennyboy - March 30, 2015 at 8:56 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Pizza - March 31, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by robvalue - April 5, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Tobie - May 9, 2015 at 5:04 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Quatermass - April 17, 2015 at 4:10 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by bennyboy - April 18, 2015 at 4:32 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - April 18, 2015 at 6:11 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by The Grand Nudger - April 18, 2015 at 6:58 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Brakeman - April 18, 2015 at 7:48 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by vorlon13 - April 18, 2015 at 9:21 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Brian37 - April 18, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by robvalue - May 9, 2015 at 10:37 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by ignoramus - May 9, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by IATIA - May 9, 2015 at 11:08 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Foxaèr - May 10, 2015 at 2:33 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by ignoramus - May 10, 2015 at 3:55 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - May 10, 2015 at 5:45 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - May 10, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - May 10, 2015 at 2:24 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 9:13 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by robvalue - May 10, 2015 at 7:14 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Anomalocaris - May 10, 2015 at 7:20 pm
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 12:15 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by nihilistcat - May 11, 2015 at 1:53 am
RE: Why is there gravity? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 2:34 am

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