The Influence of the Heavens

The Influence of the Heavens

Intro

Throughout history it's been difficult for humanity to explain the forces which dictate the interaction of astral bodies. Kepler attempted to explain the motions of the planets through a "Father" energy which was emanating from the Sun, and despite his inaccuracies he paved the path to the discovery of the forces that rule our universe. In this post I'll briefly examine the forces that rule our universe and concentrate on the phenomena that we cannot explain through these forces. I'll try to uncover the influence that these forces in the heavens have on us.

The forces that Influence the Heavens

Scientists currently identify four fundamental forces in the universe which explain almost all interactions we can detect: gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force. The common characteristic of these forces is that they all decrease with distance and they are dependent on another condition. For example, gravity depends on the mass of objects, electromagnetism depends on the properties of particles that create electric and magnetic fields, strong nuclear forces depend on quarks and gluons which are particles that hold together atoms and weak nuclear forces depend on other subatomic particles such as bosons and fermions which are elemental particles or particles that cannot be divided further like electrons.

Unexplained influences

The four aforementioned forces do not explain all phenomena in the universe though as it is commonly taught and believed. As each force is dependent upon certain particles and their properties, energies are subsequently dependent on one of the four forces and its particles. We call this understanding of the forces and their particles the standard model, but not all phenomena can be explained by this model. For example, dark energy and dark matter are not explained by any of the existing particles and their discovery is heavily reliant on gravity and its effects. More surprising than this, is that gravity itself cannot be explained by the standard model. None of the particles included in it account for gravity's effects on other objects and cannot explain why gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces. This comes as a surprise when gravity along with electromagnetism are the ruling forces when it comes to phenomena in the heavens.

The overlooked force

Now, as mentioned before, the four fundamental forces decrease with distance, but the distances that they have an influence upon are rather misconstrued and hard to determine. It is believed that only electromagnetism is the force that can have the most effect over the longest distance in the universe, while gravity does not share this characteristic due to its weak effects that can be overturned. For example, the gravity of a whole planet is overcome by a fridge magnet on many small objects. Despite the former belief, we know that there are other forces or energies which affect our universe over longer distances equivalent or even greater than those that electromagnetic forces can have. These forcer or energies are intricately linked with gravity and they are dark matter and dark energy.

What overshadows it?

The only reason we know about dark matter is that the gravitational pull on certain objects in the heavens cannot be explained by the amount of mass present in the particular system of the objects with our current understanding of gravity, thus more "matter" is needed to account for the movement or pull. Meanwhile, the only reason we know about dark energy is that the universe is expanding at a faster rate than we expected, and thus is stretching itself at an accelerated rate. These two "dark" phenomena are over large distances and affect gravity in multiple ways that are unexplained so far. Gravitational waves and theoretical particles called gravitons have been introduced in an attempt to account for gravity's true effects in our heavens, yet it is clear that so far the force that has been used to explain distances and balances has been primarily electromagnetism and while quite useful, it has proven a distraction to explore gravity's mysteries.

Conclusion

Maybe Kepler after all was up to something when he described for the first time gravity and its effects:"The force that moves the planet is not bodily, but a certain incorporeal Godlike force residing in the sun, which, like a soul, operates upon the whole system and animates it, just as the soul does the human body." I'm inclined to believe after reading some scripture and performing this short exploration of the forces of the universe and their gaps that what we thought we know about the heavens is a mere illusion as Psalm 104:2 explains "covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent." Yah covers the mysteries of his creation with light, the most important tool for astronomers and our discoveries, and the force that has kept us from explaining gravity for so long, like a veil in which he keeps us distracted and apart from intimate knowledge through the garment. While we try to peer into this garment he stretches the heavens like a tent, which accounts for all the invisible phenomena in our universe.