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​   Gravitation: The Force That Shapes Our Universe Gravitation is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, and it is responsible for the attraction between two objects with mass. This force is what keeps the planets in orbit around the sun and holds galaxies together. Without gravitation, the universe as we know it would not exist. The Discovery of Gravitation The concept of gravitation has been known since ancient times, but it was not until the 17th century that it was fully understood. Sir Isaac Newton is credited with discovering the laws of gravitation, which he outlined in his book "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) in 1687. Newton's laws of gravitation state that every mass in the universe attracts every other mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This means that the larger the masses and th...