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Outer Space Gravational Influences

04/26/2006 6:53 AM

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Will two objects in outer space come closer to each other? Can objects have their own gravity?

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Gravity

04/26/2006 9:13 AM

Everything has gravity. If you placed to billiard balls 1 mile apart from each other in space, and made sure they had no inertia, if you went back in 1000 years they would be next to each other.

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Thank-you Newton

04/26/2006 10:02 AM

According to Newton's law of universal gravity ALL objects attract each other with a force of gravitational attraction...even in space.

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Objects in space

04/27/2006 12:02 AM

Yes... everything with mass 'generates' and is affected by gravity. Given no other forces acting upon two objects, even at opposite ends of the universe, they will move toward each other.

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Re:Objects in space

04/27/2006 12:57 AM

So why is the universe expanding?

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Re:Objects in space

04/27/2006 4:31 AM

Space is expanding. If you want to understand it all better read Brian Greene's book "The Fabric of the Cosmos". It's worth the read.

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Re:Objects in space

04/27/2006 4:44 AM

It is my understanding the expansion is caused by an initial explosion that created the universe. the expansion rate is slowing and predicted to eventually reverse itself.

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Re:Objects in space

04/27/2006 9:10 AM

The expansion is caused by space itself being created in between stars, pushing them apart. The rate stars move apart is actually still accelerating. The universe will colapse on itself if the total mass is above some critical value. But more than likely it will continue to expand until be dark cold place filled with nothing but extremely long wavelength radiation. You might as well have that beer now.

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