Sentences with phrase «under the influence of the gravity of»

Not exact matches

A temporal nexus curves under the influence of gravity because of the effect of mutual attractiveness, not because the one container (space) of reality is curved.

Scientists initially thought the Great Wall of Geller and Huchra was impossibly large to have formed under the influence of gravity, but computer simulations later revealed it fell within theoretical limits.

When the core reaches about 1.5 times the mass of the Sun, it collapses under the influence of its own gravity and forms a neutron star.

Plant growth is strongly influenced by the environment: stems grow up towards the sun, while roots grow down under the influence of gravity — an effect called gravitropism.

This is the shape that the surface would take under the influence of gravity and rotation alone, which is the same shape that dominates Earth's oceans,» said Hayes.

Eventually, these lumps became large enough and dense enough to collapse and form galaxies, which themselves clumped under the influence of gravity to form clusters and superclusters of galaxies, and so on.

Under the influence of gravity, each clump would pull regular matter into its center, forming stars and galaxies.

Several ground - based microwave telescopes, such as the South Pole Telescope, are tracking how the structure of very distant galaxy clusters grew in the early Universe under the influence of gravity.

Using a description of the relative acceleration of neighbouring particles falling under the influence of gravity, he is then able to derive the classical Newtonian theory in a «modern» manner.

The microwave background marks the limit of the observable universe, nearly 14 billion light - years away, and Rudnick believes that the void, which is 6 billion to 10 billion light - years away, imprinted its form on the microwave background by the simple virtue of being empty: Under the influence of dark energy and gravity, space containing clusters of galaxies compresses microwaves to a shorter, warmer part of the spectrum, while space that is empty on this scale stretches and cools microwaves.

The surfaces of some moons in the outer solar system have been reworked as well, but unlike Pluto, those satellites are under the influence of gravity from a host planet.

Estimating both the distance and recession speed of ancient Type - Ia supernovae allow astronomers to calculate the expansion of the universe, back during an era when matter in the universe was still relatively dense and expansion was still slowing under the influence of gravity and before its later hypothesized, subsequent acceleration from a mysterious repulsive force (more from NASA's Observatorium and NERSC's press release).

These sculptures hang off the edge of shelves and appear to be under the influence of gravity, but once they've dried they are solid forms.

Dominating spheres oscillate slightly under the influence of gravity, rubbing against each other to create clouds of dust and residue that fall down to the mirror.

As we've noted before the moisture remaining in clothes, sheets, towels, etc after washing pulls the wrinkles out, as it drains through the material under the influence of gravity.

The section where Gibbs discusses this problem is titled, «The Conditions of Equilibrium for Heterogeneous Masses under the Influence of Gravity,» with the most relevant discussion given on pages 144 and 145.

A point is reached where the density of the cooling surface water becomes greater than the density of the deep water, and overturning begins as the dense surface water moves down under the influence of gravity.