Gravitational Field

April 18, 2025

Variation of g with distance from the centre of a uniform spherical mass of radius, R Variation of g on a line joining the centres…

March 13, 2025

Quantum theory is the theoretical basis of modern physics that explains the nature and behavior of matter and energy on the atomic…

January 27, 2025

Geophysicists utilize slight variations in gravitational force to characterize the mass of subsurface features. Particularly useful…

June 23, 2024

Unified field theory is sometimes called the Theory of Everything (TOE, for short): the long-sought means of tying together all known…

May 27, 2024

Ali Pretty | Walking With Newton – Gravity Fields Festival

March 11, 2024

The Schwarzschild radius (sometimes historically referred to as the gravitational radius ) is the radius of a sphere such that, if…

October 28, 2023

To begin with, the speed of gravity has not been measured directly in the laboratory—the gravitational interaction is too weak, and…

September 2, 2023

Each galaxy is held together by strong gravitational forces. Even if you managed to get away from our sun, you would still experience…

July 11, 2023

After studying this section you should be able to: understand the concept of a field recall and use the relationship that describes…

May 2, 2023

One of the questions I get most often from my readers is this: Since gravity pulls on things proportional to their mass, and since…

May 2, 2023

This is a way of measuring how much gravity there is. The formula is: weight/mass = gravitational field strength. Gravitational field…

March 17, 2023

A quasar, the brightest type of object in the universe, is seen releasing massive amounts of energy as stars are shredded near the…

February 9, 2023

2]/2[pi]c) is the reduced sub-Planckian action constant, G is the Newtonian gravitational constant, and c is the velocity of light.j]…

January 31, 2023

Gravity is the force that acts between any two masses, which means that you are actually attracted to all your friends, no matter how…

January 13, 2023

We ve all heard the story. A young Isaac Newton is sitting beneath an apple tree contemplating the mysterious universe. Suddenly…