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[wholloway]

Here's my therory of gravity, though it still has some holes to fill in.

In my universe, the mass of a star or planet displaces space time. The higher the mass the more displacement. The displaced space time gets squashed or compressed around the mass. Its like forcing a golf ball into a large bowl of jello. The further away you get from the mass the less compression of the space time. When an object travels through this space time that is compressed, the side of the object that is closer to the mass acually travels farther through space time than the side away from the mass. This is because the space time closer to the mass is more compressed. So it may seem like a object is traveling in a straight line but it is actually traveling in an arc. The movement through an arc creates a centripidal force that is directed towards the mass. This force is gravity. This is simular to taking a hard right turn in a car, the wheels on the outside of the turn travel farther than the inside tires. The big hole in this therory is that in order for this to work everything in the universe has to be in constant motion. This may be taken care of by an expanding universe. If a mass suddenly apears in space time, the compression wave would travel outward at the speed of light. One cool result of this therory is if a mass suddenly disappears the collapsing field would acually reverse gravity for a short time.

Let me know what you think.