GENERAL THEORY

• Spacetime curvature


  Massive objects bend space-time, causing smaller objects to follow curved paths. Gravity is the bending of space time
• Gravitational time dilation

  Time/clock moves slower in stronger gravitational fields (confirmed by atomic clocks in orbit).
• Gravitational lensing

  Light bends around massive objects, confirmed by observing stars near the sun during an eclipse.
• Black holes

  Extremely dense regions where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape.
• Expanding Universe

  The theory provides the foundation for modern cosmology, including the big bang
• Postulates

  • All laws of nature have the same form for observers in any frame preference whether it is accelerated or not.
  • In the vicinity of any point, a gravitational field is equivalent to an accelerated frame of reference in absence of gravitational effects.
• Gravity attracts

  Gravity is a special force that exist in the universe. It's like a pulling force that makes objects move towards each other. This means that if you drop an apple, it will fall down to the ground because gravity is pulling it towards the earth
• Gravity is universal

  • The Universal Law of Gravitation is a rule that explains how gravity works in the entire universe.
  • The law says that every object in the universe, no matter how big or small, is attracted to every other object in the universe
• Gravity is non-contact

  • Gravity is a force that exists between objects even if they are not touching each other
• Gravity grounds

  When we are standing on the ground, the force of gravity is pulling us down towards the center of the earth. This force is what keeps us on the ground