Eli5: Why does matter have gravity and how the heck does gravity work?
In: Physics
It has to do with fields. The electric force has the electric field, the magnetic force has the magnetic field. For gravity we have the Higgs field. Anything that has mass interacts with the Higgs field the same way something with electric charge interacts with the electric field. This interaction with the Higgs field is what causes gravity.
In a way, the fundamental property of mass is like the fundamental property of electric charge, except mass is like gravity charge.
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