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Is gravity the strongest force in the universe?


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Explanation:

Gravity is the least powerful of the four fundamental forces, which are (most attractive to least attractive by order of numbering)

  1. The strong nuclear force
  2. The electromagnetic force
  3. The weak nuclear force
  4. Gravity

Therefore,

  1. The force that pulls items toward the center of a planet or other entity is called gravity. All of the planets are kept in orbit around the sun by the force of gravity.
  2. When two protons are held very close together, they exert several forces on each other. The two protons are attracted to each other by gravity since they each have mass, because they both have a positive electric charge, they repel each other electromagnetically.
  3. The strong nuclear force is the most powerful at short distances, it triumphs over the other forces, causing the two protons to become entangled and form a helium nucleus (typically a neutron is also needed to keep the helium nucleus stable).
  4. At the atomic level, gravity is so weak that scientists can usually ignore it without making serious errors in their computations.

Hence, gravity is not the strongest force in the universe.


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