 Re: Weightless Universe
Hi Gautam,
Interesting concept! I wonder however about the fact that you seem to use weight and mass interchangably. Mass is the amount of matter and you can't change this other than converting it to energy (E=mc 2) However weight by definition is caused by gavity. Your article did however get me thinking about gravity in a broader sense. When you pick up that stone off a mountain, the stone does appear to have weight but as you move the mass upwards you also move the entire earth downwards! This is because every action has an equal and opposite reaction (Newton). So the entire universe is in this beautiful balance of weights. In a sense you are correct about the universe being weightless not because it has no weight but because every 'weight' has its equal and opposite counterpart.
Hope this was helpful
Kind Regards,
Tedjay |