Is Gravity Absent at the Earth's Core?

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The discussion centers on the concept of gravity at the Earth's core, specifically questioning whether gravity ceases to exist at the Earth's center. Participants clarify that while the gravitational forces on a particle at the core may balance out to zero, gravity itself does not stop acting on mass. The conversation emphasizes that gravity is a universal force that affects all masses, regardless of their location within the Earth.

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So if you could pinpoint the Earth's most central atom would gravity stop there?
 
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I understand what you intend to mean, in the sense that the sum of all the forces on that particle/ atom equals 0. Therefore it doesn't experience any gravitational effects; but I don't quite understand what do you mean by stopping there, since the force of gravity acts on every mass on every other mass in the universe. It doesn't stop
 

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