What does gravity look like?

1 Answer
May 24, 2016

Sorry, not visible to our eyes!

Explanation:

Our eyes evolved to help us survive and so we only see things we need to see to survive and its worked for about 2 million years. We can see electromagnetic radiation in the visible light part of the spectrum as this helped us move about, avoid predators, find mates and water. We didn't need to "see" gravity, but we did need to learn the fatal aspects of gravity (like falling off a cliff!). Some birds see in the UV part of the spectrum and snakes can sense heat in the infrared end of the spectrum.

Also, its not clear if any life form could actually "see" gravity. However, we can feel the impacts of gravity on Earth. On smaller bodies, like the moon, gravity feels much less than compared to being on Earth.