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@chao Wouldn't the stuff get ejected from black holes the same way it does everything else? No gravity, after all. Though I guess if the black hole managed to crush it into some form that no longer has gravity nullification, then it would get slurped up like anything else. :/

On the other hand, you make a good point - by the einsteinian view, gravity is basically the curvature of space time, right? So to be immune to gravity is to ignore the curving of space time. Which is really wierd. Like, it doesn;t actually exist within our space time properly, but exists elsewhere and projects it's influence in... :/

@floatoverblow Hmm. Thats a good point - how does this stuff work on the subatomic scale? My first theory would be some kind of universe level access hack which flags it's proton and neutrons so that gravity ignores them. So then it could still have conventional particle components, they're just being ignored by some of the universes laws. Alternatively, it could be made out of it's own particles, but that involves a lot more work. :/

@chao Oh, it wouldn't be much affected by the black hole, but you still would be. Unless you managed to make an entire robot out of the stuff you're still out of luck. XD

@dredmorbius Lol whoops I missed the rest of your post. XD

@dredmorbius Why couldn;t you mix it with other stuff? It still is affected by inertia, and chemical reactions. So you could mix it with molten Iron, shake the too up, and get an Iron alloy, couldn;t you? :/

@goodtobegood Haha no it';s fair. I'm in violation of physics and the universe cops are hot on my trail, I know it. XD

@goodtobegood Well in RL, yeah. But this stuff is magic fantasy metal, so it gets to make it's own rules. :P

@dredmorbius Aye, true - but this stops stars from going nova. If the stuff is heavier than Iron, which I was thinking it would be, then it's past the point of fusion releasing net energy, so shedding the stuff would allow stars to burn much longer, albeit less brightly. :/

@dredmorbius @chao Aye, you'd probably want to mis the stuff with something else, so as to make it easier to use on a planet. A mix that was heavier than air but not by too much would let you fire really long range direct shots. Lower concentrations let you go for long range indirect fire shots. :/

Huh. Would this stuff change the lifecycle of stars? IIRC, one of the reasons stars die is because of the build up of heavy elements in their cores. If some of those heavy elements turn into this stuff and float away, then stars would have less build up, and their lifetimes would be extended. :/

@kaniini Haha I actually just started talking about a theoretical metal with mass but no weight, and the conversation took off. XD

@jeffcliff Aw jeez. Uh, some very basic calculus, I guess? XD

@dredmorbius You'd probably need to alloy it to keep it from escaping. Even so, you'd probably slowly have any metal items made out of it slowly lose the stuff with use. :/

@jeffcliff I'm very curious. XD

@dredmorbius @floatoverblow Hmm, thats a good point. Actually, you could /probably/ use the stuff to generate energy if it actually existed - Just attach it to a turbine and let the motion of it constantly trying to fly away generate power. :/

@dredmorbius @floatoverblow Ay3e, I was thinking of that one. Though unlike helium, this stuff /is/ chemically rteactive, so it'll form all sorts of interesting heavier compounds and stick around. XD

@dredmorbius @floatoverblow Aye, good point. Space is full of dust, and so the stuff would probably end up forming compounds with other stuff. Though, given that it doesn't have gravity, theres a good chance that it might not accrete into asteroids at all. Though, theres still the chance of it being attracted by electromagnetic phenomena? I'm not sure how effective those are on the macroscopic scale. :/

@sigmaleph Aye, good point. I was posting earlier about how it might have the same origin, too - decaying heavy elements. XD

@chao I'm thinking big weapons would be a bit easier? You wouldn't get as fatigued carrying the bloody thing around all day, at least. :/

@dredmorbius @floatoverblow Hmm, gotcha. Lets assume that the stuff likes to form chemical compounds with heavy elements at a low density. Or perhaps it forms from decaying heavy elements in the center of the earth, and slowly bubbles upwards? And of course, occasionally bits of it fall to earth as meteorites, but they don't tend to stick around either. :/