Gravitation
Gravitation, in Newtonian mechanics, is the force that attracts two bodies towards each other due to their mass. The more massive an object, like Earth, the stronger its gravitational pull. This force keeps us grounded and governs the movement of planets and moons. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the force is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. In simpler terms, the closer two objects are and the heavier they are, the stronger the gravitational force between them.
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Gravitation is the force that pulls objects with mass toward each other. It's what keeps planets in orbit around stars and causes apples to fall from trees. Sir Isaac Newton described it as a force dependent on mass and distance, while Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity explains it as the warping of space and time by mass. Essentially, the more massive an object, the stronger its gravitational pull. This fundamental force shapes the structure of the universe, governing the movement of everything from galaxies to everyday objects on Earth.