Gravity is the weakest of the four fundamental forces in nature.

In physics, the four fundamental forces are gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force. Gravity is famously the outlier because its strength is approximately 10 to the power of 40 times weaker than the electromagnetic force. This massive disparity is known in theoretical physics as the Hierarchy Problem.To put this in perspective, the entire mass of the Earth, which is about 5.97 sextillion metric tons, pulls on a single paperclip. Yet, a common neodymium magnet weighing only a few grams can generate enough electromagnetic force to counteract that planetary pull. This demonstrates that gravity only becomes dominant when dealing with enormous, celestial-scale masses.Physicists like Lisa Randall and Raman Sundrum have proposed theories involving extra dimensions to explain this weakness. One popular hypothesis suggests that gravity might actually be as strong as other forces but 'leaks' into hidden dimensions that we cannot perceive. This would explain why we only experience a fraction of its true strength in our three-dimensional world.The search for a 'Theory of Everything' aims to unify gravity with the other three forces, which are currently described by the Standard Model of particle physics. While the strong force holds atomic nuclei together and the weak force facilitates radioactive decay, gravity remains the most mysterious. Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider continue to investigate these fundamental differences to understand the fabric of our universe.