LIGO

[Ferretfancy]

Well, I suppose you'd have to understand the nature of mass (as opposed to weight, that is). It's relative differences in mass that does it, except that you have to remember that, although the Sun has much greater mass than Earth, Earth still affects the Sun (and everything else) to some extent. I have a feeling that the Higgs boson might come in here somehow - but I was always more of a biologist than a physicist.

The discovery of the Higgs boson, long after its existence was predicted, may be a key to a better understanding of gravity. The problem has always been that it hasn't been possible to include a quantum theory of gravity into the so called standard Model.

As I understand it, the Higgs boson can be seen as part of a Higgs field which pervades the universe, and the action of the boson gives bodies their mass.

The cannon ball in the trampoline has got its mass from the Higgs, and that mass is what distorts space time and gives us our perception of gravity. What remains now is for physicists to come up with a quantum equation which includes gravity, leading the way to the famous 'theory of everything"

While all this is going on - back to my toast!

[Ferretfancy]

Just an afterthought, to see the distinction between mass and weight, see Wells's lovely story "The Truth About Pyecraft"

[Dave2002]

Just an afterthought, to see the distinction between mass and weight, see Wells's lovely story "The Truth About Pyecraft"

http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/l_pyecra.htm

[Pabmusic]

The discovery of the Higgs boson, long after its existence was predicted, may be a key to a better understanding of gravity. The problem has always been that it hasn't been possible to include a quantum theory of gravity into the so called standard Model.

As I understand it, the Higgs boson can be seen as part of a Higgs field which pervades the universe, and the action of the boson gives bodies their mass.

The cannon ball in the trampoline has got its mass from the Higgs, and that mass is what distorts space time and gives us our perception of gravity. What remains now is for physicists to come up with a quantum equation which includes gravity, leading the way to the famous 'theory of everything"

While all this is going on - back to my toast!

Excellent!