Ask Dr. Universe: What if gravity pulled up, instead of down?

Dr-Universe-230PULLMAN, Wash. – Our universe would look so different, that you might not recognize it even if you could be here to see it. Unfortunately, there probably wouldn’t be a whole lot to see.

I learned about this from Washington State University professor and physicist Matthew McCluskey, who studies the material world. He explained how gravity pulls together dust, gas and little particles floating around space to make massive clumps of matter that form stars and planets.

For example: planet Earth. Every particle in the Earth is pulling on you at this very moment – every single one.

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