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Gravity is a natural phenomenon which attracts all objects with mass or energy toward each other. For example, the Moon's gravity affects ocean tides on Earth. The effects of gravity become weaker as objects get further away from each other.
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JUL 24, 2015Videos
You've heard for so long now that global warming is to blame for ice in the extreme north and extreme south of the plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
It turns out, we've got a big problem circling above our heads. It's getting worse with each passing day, and if we don' ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA is no longer using its in-house space shuttle to send astronauts into space; it was decommissioned in 2011, and sin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
If you've been paying attention to the New Horizons mission, you may have noticed that the probe won't be going into orb ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Have you ever gone by a house and seen a bright bluish or white glow and lots of leafy plants? Why would someone grow pl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
So, how's it going up there? Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut, identical twin and current International Space Station residen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Part I of this article, published yesterday, explained how long-term exposure to weightlessness causes some really signi ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUL 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
If you've been following news from the International Space Station, you've probably noticed that extended exposure to we ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 11, 2015Videos
On the International Space Station, sleeping can be somewhat of an interesting experience. Astronaut Samantha Cristofore ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2015Videos
In space, microgravity makes everything feel weightless and everything just floats around. As you can well imagine, the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorJUN 04, 2015Videos
When you're in outer space, microgravity makes it so that you practically free-float. As you can imagine, being cooped u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
In case you didn't know, or didn't remember, NASA has a probe orbiting Mercury called Messenger. If you did know, or rem ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
At first glance, there is not the slightest doubt: to us, the universe looks three dimensional. But one of the most frui ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
Ever see a picture of the Moon's surface with those wide squiggly lines on it and wondered, "What are those things? Are ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 24, 2015
Videos
You've heard for so long now that global warming is to blame for ice in the extreme north and extreme south of the plane
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It turns out, we've got a big problem circling above our heads. It's getting worse with each passing day, and if we don'
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA is no longer using its in-house space shuttle to send astronauts into space; it was decommissioned in 2011, and sin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
If you've been paying attention to the New Horizons mission, you may have noticed that the probe won't be going into orb
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
Have you ever gone by a house and seen a bright bluish or white glow and lots of leafy plants? Why would someone grow pl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
So, how's it going up there? Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut, identical twin and current International Space Station residen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Part I of this article, published yesterday, explained how long-term exposure to weightlessness causes some really signi
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUL 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
If you've been following news from the International Space Station, you've probably noticed that extended exposure to we
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Is NASA getting into the movie business? While the moon landing in July of 1969 held the world at the edge of their seat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 11, 2015
Videos
On the International Space Station, sleeping can be somewhat of an interesting experience. Astronaut Samantha Cristofore
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2015
Videos
In space, microgravity makes everything feel weightless and everything just floats around. As you can well imagine, the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2015
Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau
...
Written By:
Will Hector
JUN 04, 2015
Videos
When you're in outer space, microgravity makes it so that you practically free-float. As you can imagine, being cooped u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 29, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In case you didn't know, or didn't remember, NASA has a probe orbiting Mercury called Messenger. If you did know, or rem
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
At first glance, there is not the slightest doubt: to us, the universe looks three dimensional. But one of the most frui
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Ever see a picture of the Moon's surface with those wide squiggly lines on it and wondered, "What are those things? Are
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim