TommyCat@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoAll the Contents of the Universe, in One Graphiclemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkAll the Contents of the Universe, in One Graphiclemmy.worldTommyCat@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-square999666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoGravity is not the only basic component of the universe. What they are saying is that dark energy pushes things apart. It behaves in the opposite manner of the gravity we are familiar with.
minus-squareMcJonalds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoso if it doesnt behave like matter and just like an opposite force of gravity, why dont we call it a force?
Gravity is not the only basic component of the universe. What they are saying is that dark energy pushes things apart. It behaves in the opposite manner of the gravity we are familiar with.
so if it doesnt behave like matter and just like an opposite force of gravity, why dont we call it a force?