• Question: what is the biggest force in the universe

    Asked by ChrismdTGS to Connor, Jillian, Lidunka, Sarah, Steven on 15 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Lidunka Vocadlo

      Lidunka Vocadlo answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Well actually it is the nuclear force. Gravity itself is quite weak. We think gravity is strong because we don’t experience the nuclear force which only operates at very short distances inside atomic nuclei. It’s about 10 with 42 zeros after it times stronger than gravity

    • Photo: Steven Thomson

      Steven Thomson answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      For some reason, it seems to be that the strongest forces have the shortest range, so they’re not ones we see much in everyday life.

      Gravity is the force with the longest range, but is quite weak. The strongest force is, as Lidunka says, the so-called ‘strong nuclear force’ which is massively stronger than gravity, but only affects things at distances smaller than individuals atoms.

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