#gravity

#gravity

'What we often see with this Flat Earth movement is a fundamental failure to really understand the model that they're rejecting. 'I think what a lot of Flat Earthers don't understand is how gravity actually works.' In our day-to-day lives, it might look like gravity is a force that simply pulls things 'down', but this is only because we are so small relative to the size of the Earth.

Okay, first thing first: the universe is in fact expanding. We've known this for more than a century now, and it's the basis for modern cosmology. This idea is called the big bang modelwhich is an unfortunate name because it brings to mind a cosmos expanding like an explosion, with galaxies moving away from each other through space like shrapnel. But in fact space itself is expanding, and that's different.

The red sphere, originally associated with the ritual of celebration and the expectation of magic, is stripped of its function and returned to the landscape as a heavy, vulnerable form without foundation. Suspended by a hemp rope from a bare century-old tree, the object exists between ground and space; neither in fall nor at rest, but in a prolonged state of uncertainty.

The nature of gravity - and whether it can be reconciled with quantum mechanics - is one of the biggest mysteries in physics. Most researchers think that at a fundamental level, all phenomena follow the principles of quantum physics, but those principles do not seem to be compatible with the accepted theory of gravity. For years, researchers have been proposing experiments to show whether gravity could produce a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement.

Researchers predict that the universe will reach its 'death date' at 33.3 billion years old, with approximately 19 billion years remaining before a Big Crunch occurs.

Years ago, if you told me that Rapha would have a gravity/DH line, I would have asked if it was an April Fool's joke. The brand has undergone significant changes over the years and with the most recent change of ownership, Rapha is expanding its off-road offerings, gaining traction with the mountain crowd that appreciates the brand's distinctive aesthetic.

'The universe evolves in a way that the information content in it is compressed, optimized and organized - just as computers and computer code do.'