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Has anyone ever tested the theory of matter that is repelled by gravity instead of attracted? They would zoom away and seperate like helium escaping the Earth.


What theory is that? How would it be tested? Gravity is not even a force, it is a consequence of how space deforms around mass&energy. So, even if something like "negative mass" existed, it wouldn't repel, it would just cancel out.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_matter#Negative_mass

The cancle out your talking about is what happens with magnets and dipoles. What if negative mass was a monopole?

Testing the theory would be be the same kind of tests created for testing the Big Bang.


This would be way cool. A way to rid science of randos and their theories. For the fourth time today, I have to admit being facetious.


Today is a new day.


Every day.


Same with room temperature highly conductive matter :( Every day I wish we had Hoverboards, Flying Brooms, and Magic Carpets. Instead... every day is another car ride to the grocery store.




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