---
title: "How Does Gravity Make Things Fall? (Video)"
description: "We've all seen videos like this that help us vidsualize gravity, but how does it actually work? Youtuber EdwardCurrent created a video that talks about this. Gravity is still a product of the warping of spacetime, but how does that warping actually make things fall? Edward's spacetime graph will help answer that very question. [embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTVIMOix3I [/embed]"
date: "2014-07-28"
modified: "2014-07-28"
authors:
  - name: "Joshua Filmer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/joshuafqtq"
url: "https://futurism.com/how-does-gravity-make-things-fall-video"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# How Does Gravity Make Things Fall? (Video)

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/falling-apple-1.jpg>)

We've all seen [videos like this](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY1Kje0yLg>) that help us vidsualize gravity, but how does it actually work?

Youtuber EdwardCurrent created a video that talks about this. Gravity is still a product of the warping of spacetime, but how does that warping actually make things fall? Edward's spacetime graph will help answer that very question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTVIMOix3I

## Author
Joshua specializes in Mathematics and Physics at Portland State University.