Event: Gravity
Date: ~10-43 Seconds after the Big Bang

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets them in motion.”
—Isaac Newton

Dear Human,

There is a silent companion that follows you from birth to death, from every leap you take to every step you plant. It does not speak, yet it holds you constantly. This companion is gravity—an invisible tether that links every bit of matter in the universe to every other.

Gravity is the attraction between masses. The larger the mass, the stronger the pull. It was among the first forces to emerge from the roiling fire of the Big Bang, and since that beginning, it has never stopped shaping what exists. It pulled hydrogen into stars, stars into galaxies, and scattered matter into the spirals and collisions that would eventually form planets—like Earth.

To the universe, gravity is the architect. It curves space and slows time. It sculpts galaxies like clay and draws black holes into being. To Earth, gravity is the sculptor of mountains and rivers, the rhythm behind the tides, the anchor of our atmosphere.

But to you, dear human, gravity is deeply personal. It is why your muscles grow strong when you walk, why your bones stay dense, why your heart learns to pump upward against the weight of your own body. It is why you feel tired when you climb a hill and why you fall when you stumble. Without it, your body would not know how to be.

It defines your scale. Your body evolved to work with it, your perception of motion depends on it, your sense of “up” and “down” is entirely because of it. Even your emotions feel it: when you feel “uplifted” or “weighed down,” your metaphors echo gravity’s constant influence.

And still, it is mysterious. We can describe how gravity behaves, how it shapes orbits and warps time—but not exactly why it exists. Even now, gravity remains a question disguised as a law.

So the next time you jump, fall, stretch, or simply breathe—know that you are participating in one of the universe’s most ancient and enduring conversations. You are never untouched by it. And that makes you part of something vast, something universal.

Pathfinder

Gravity – Wikipedia