What Causes Gravity? - Newton's Law of Gravitation Explained

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Newton's law of gravitation states that every particle attracts every other particle with a force proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them. The discussion raises questions about the underlying cause of this attraction and the origin of gravity. While Newtonian physics attributes gravity to the intrinsic properties of mass, general relativity explains it as a warping of space-time caused by mass, energy, or pressure. The complexity of gravity leads to ongoing inquiries into its fundamental nature. Ultimately, understanding gravity may require developing new theories to explain its origins.
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Newton's law of gravitation.
"Every particle of matter in universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force..."

my question - what causes the attraction?

what is the origin of gravity?

pls help me to understand :)

Thanks in advance.
 
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sphyics said:
Newton's law of gravitation.
"Every particle of matter in universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force..."

my question - what causes the attraction?

what is the origin of gravity?

pls help me to understand :)

Thanks in advance.

It depends, in Newtonian gravitation, mass has an intrinsic property that causes it to attract any other mass with a force inversely proportional to the square of the shortest distance between them.
Strictly speaking gravity is caused by the warping of space-time by the stress-energy tensor, from general relativity.
 
mass, energy or pressure . Photons have a G field.
 
It's hard to answer.Actually physics is to solve how it could be not why it is.You can keep asking what causes something to cause gravity.so maybe you can put forward a theory to explain it by yourself.
 
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