Gravity Without Geometry: A Mechanical Theory Based on Dark Matter
Abstract
This article proposes that gravity is not the result of spacetime curvature, but a mechanical interaction occurring within an all-pervading dark matter medium. Conventional theories, including general relativity, are founded on the assumption that space is empty aside from mass and energy fields. However, if dark matter is everywhere—as increasingly observed—then space is not a vacuum and must be treated as a structured, physical medium.
In this view, gravitational attraction arises from local momentum transfers within the medium, similar to a Newton’s Cradle mechanism. These transfers store and release kinetic and potential energy, accounting for both the persistent nature of gravity and the conservation of energy. This approach offers a coherent explanation for the long-range nature of gravity and provides a unified mechanical foundation for both light propagation and gravitational force—without relying on abstract geometrical interpretations.
1. The Failure of General Relativity in a Structured Medium
General relativity treats gravity as a geometric distortion of spacetime caused by mass and energy. This framework relies fundamentally on the assumption that space is a vacuum—empty of matter except where mass is explicitly present. However, mounting evidence suggests that the universe is not empty, but filled with an invisible, pervasive substance: dark matter.
If dark matter is truly widespread, then all interactions attributed to “curved spacetime” may in fact be mechanical interactions within a medium. In such a medium, objects do not curve abstract geometry—they disturb the dark matter field, generating waves of local momentum transfer that resemble what we currently call gravity.
These disturbances carry both kinetic energy (as moving impulses) and potential energy (stored in positional tension or compression). This restores physical realism to gravity and ties it directly to matter, motion, and time—concepts once central to physics before being displaced by abstraction.
2. Gravity as a Mechanical Effect
If space is filled with a structured dark matter medium, then gravity is not a fundamental force but a mechanical consequence. Just as sound moves through air, or momentum passes along a row of steel balls in Newton’s Cradle, gravity may operate by transferring motion or resistance through this unseen substrate.
Mass disturbs the surrounding medium. A static mass creates local tension; a moving mass generates travelling waves. Another object in the path of these waves responds—not to attraction—but to a push or pull mediated through the medium.
This naturally explains the inverse-square law as geometric dilution, and the persistence of gravity as a function of the medium’s continuity. Kinetic and potential energy are not abstract bookkeeping tools but real mechanical states of the medium. Light and gravity, in this model, become two expressions of the same physical process: directional transmission of energy through dark matter.
3. Cosmic Structures and Persistent Attraction
The structures of the universe—from planets to galaxies—can be described by this model without invoking spacetime curvature. Localised matter disturbs the medium, creating gradients and impulses that draw in surrounding material. Over time, these impulses lead to the formation of complex systems through energy transfer, not geometric shaping.
This model also dispenses with the need for a Big Bang. Matter may have always existed, forming and reforming through mechanical interactions. There is no need for a singular origin point when structure emerges naturally from motion in a continuous medium.
Planets are not perfect spheres but oblate spheroids, shaped by the balance between gravity and centrifugal force. In some systems, gravity induces tidal locking, where rotation and orbit become synchronised. These are not geometric curiosities but mechanical outcomes of momentum exchange in the medium.
4. Atomic Sources of Perturbation
A key question remains: what initiates gravitational disturbances at the atomic level? This model suggests that certain features of atomic structure—such as unpaired electrons—may be more effective at disturbing the dark matter field.
Such particles may emit subtle, persistent fluctuations through spin or motion, acting as nodes in the medium. This raises the possibility that gravitational strength may vary slightly with electronic structure—offering a testable hypothesis that bridges quantum and gravitational behaviour.
In this view, “mass” is not a fixed property but an emergent one: a measure of how strongly a particle interacts with the surrounding medium. Inertial resistance, gravitational pull, and even energy equivalence may stem from the same mechanical foundation.
5. Conclusion
Gravity is not geometry. It is the result of structured energy exchange in a medium that pervades the universe. This mechanical interpretation brings gravity back into the realm of physical realism, unifying it with light and motion without relying on abstract curvature or mathematical constructs.
The dark matter field is not a placeholder for ignorance—it may be the key to understanding not only gravity, but the very architecture of the cosmos. By viewing space as a medium and gravity as its momentum language, we return to a universe built not from equations, but from action, structure, and cause.
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