If something is inbetween two objects how do the particles know there is something bigger behind the object it needs to attract to?
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We actually don’t understand gravity that well. We think we do because of how well we can generate calculations and predict the movement of planets. But what exactly generates the gravitational force? What is it about mass, or atoms, that generates the force as a natural byproduct? How can it have infinite range? These questions are still a mystery and prevent us from doing things like reproducing real gravity in a lab setting.
So in reality we can’t measure gravity directly or even sense/detect it. Everything we do involving gravity is either an indirect measurement of it’s effects (like a scale) or a calculation based on mass and distance.
It’s pretty much impossible to create something to counter a force that you can’t even detect. All we can do for now is generate forces to cancel out it’s calculable strength.
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