The Four Forces in the Universe (and possibly a fifth)

by | Jul 7, 2017

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A force is a push or pull acting upon an object that if unopposed will change the motion of an object. There are four fundamental forces in the universe: Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong Nuclear Force and Weak Nuclear Force. As discussed below, it is possible that a fifth force exists.

Gravity: We all experience this and intuitively understand gravity.  Anything with mass has attraction with other objects with mass.  The more mass, the bigger the pull. Gravity has an infinite range.

Electromagnetic Force: This is how things that are electrically charged interact with each other. Electromagnetism and how it pushes and pulls objects is responsible for the energy in things like batteries and magnets. The electromagnetic force also includes light, which is just waves of electromagnetic radiation. Importantly, electromagnetic force holds electrons to the nucleus of the atom – so it is one of the two forces that holds atoms together. The electromagnetic force has an infinite range.

Strong Nuclear Force:  This is the force that holds together protons and neutrons and along with electromagnetism holds atoms together. Very important. Without the strong nuclear force we’d have no atoms. Just a bunch of sub-atomic particles. The strong force has a extremely short range.

Weak Nuclear Force: While the other forces hold things together, the weak force causes radioactive decay. Without the weak nuclear force, stars would not exist as the weak force is key in nuclear fusion occurring. The weak force has an extremely short range.

An interesting point is that Gravity is by far the weakest of the four forces. Its not even close.  Here’s a table of their relative strengths:

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A very important point: If the relative strengths of the four forces were even slightly different, our universe wouldn’t exist as it is and none of us would be here. More on this in a future IFOD.

How do these forces work?  Force carrier particles carry information between things and tell them how to behave. Force carrier particles are like little rule books.

So, What is the Fifth Force? Scientists may have discovered a fifth type of force carrier particle and if there is a fifth type of force carrier particle, then there is a fifth force.  That would be huge and would completely change our understanding of the universe.  The new force would be very similar to electromagnetism. If the fifth force is confirmed, it could go a long way to leading to the long-searched for “grand unification theory” of physics.

9 Comments

  1. what force is THE GRAND CREATOR’S thoughts, and HIS creation’s minds. We are able to move objects with our minds in many ways. One way is to get up and grab it with the hand and relocate or burn it to destroy the object. Another way would be to totally move relocate or destroy the object by planning, belief, and execution without touching at all.

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  2. My understanding is that these forces each started acted as the universe cooled at various different temperatures. Since the universe is continuing to expand and cool, could there not in the future be another, or even multiple other, forces that starts to act, fundamentally altering the universe’s trajectory?

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  3. That so called dark energy force DEF is actually string energy force SEF that is growing extra space inside the pre existing space and growing it at a accellerating rate , as space is made from string energy. in fact everything is made from just different constructional forms of string energy . And it string energy is made of Time quanta , chronotrons.

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  4. Opposite gravity the force that makes the universe expand at acceleration.

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    • That so called dark energy force DEF is actually string energy force SEF that is growing extra space inside the pre existing space and growing it at a accellerating rate , as space is made from string energy. in fact everything is made from just different constructional forms of string energy . And it string energy is made of Time quanta , chronotrons.

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      • Guess what happens to that when things everywhere drop below 1 degree kelvin? No energy to feed it. So… How does 2 galaxies Billions of light-years apart collide without moving? Take a guess…

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    • That so called dark energy force DEF is actually string energy force SEF that is growing extra space inside the pre existing space and growing it at a accellerating rate , as space is made from string energy. in fact everything is made from just different constructional forms of string energy . And it string energy is made of Time quanta , chronotrons.

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    • What you say here, may be so. However, the repulsion property may in fact be an intrical part of gravity itself. No weird dark energy thing. The further away, the more consistent it becomes. Especially in voids.

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  5. All Jedis understand the 5th force…may it be with you this weekend.

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