Is there gravity in space?
This is a question majority of people are trying to figure out the answer to. Is there gravity in space? Today, I'm going to answer that question.
Question: Is there gravity in space?
Yes. Studdies have shown that there in no such thing as 'no gravity'. When you think about it, how would the planets stay a specific distence away from the sun, how is the sun staying in one place and why are the planets not flowting around everywhere? This is because gravity is holding them in place. When your in space you might feel weightless but this is because nothing is stopping their fall due to the force of gravity. On Earth we feel weight. Weight is the force of the ground holding us up against the pull of gravity.
Another question you might want to know the answer to is why austonauts in orbit in the space shuttle seem to float. The answer to this is because when an object is in orbit, the object’s inertia(the dictionarys meaning of inertia is a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force) (which wants to go in a straight line away from Earth) is exactly balanced by the force of gravity pulling it downwards.
Comments (11)
20 Nov 2019
There is absolutely no gravity in space the only reason why other planets have gravity is because mass has gravity and everything has mass in it. We feel weight because the earth pulls us into the centre and the ground is what separates us. And if anything were to go into earth’s orbit it would fall onto earth, this is how asteroids hit planets like on 15th February 2013 an asteroid hit Russia.
There is more information here at http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-is-there-gravity-in-space.html
20 Nov 2019
Before I read this text, I thought that there was absolutely no gravity in space, but after this information I now think differently. If someone asked me yesterday if there was gravity in space my straight answer would be no, but now I am not so sure. The reason why I thought that there was no gravity in space was because of astronauts. When astronauts go to space they float where as here on earth you can feel pressure which is the gravity pulling you down. But now I wonder, is there gravity in space? The reason why I wonder is because how the planets(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Satin, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) constantly stay in the same place, which must mean that all of the other planets have gravity to keep them all where they are. Thinking about it, I now believe that space does have gravity!
21 Nov 2019
Very good knowledge!
Thank you courageous_starfish
21 Nov 2019
There is gravity in space .if there wasn't any gravity in space we wood all flout up and up and up and we probely wouldn't be able to breath as well!!!
21 Nov 2019
loving spring I agree.
22 Nov 2019
i agree with you original_significance there is gravity in space because the is what keeps the planets in their position
25 Nov 2019
I agree , there is gravity in space. Gravity causes every object to pull every other object towards it. some think there is no gravity in space but there is small amount of gravity in space. Gravity is what holds the moon in orbit around Earth. NASA explains about micro gravity . It is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless. The effects of micro gravity can be seen when astronauts and object float in space. Gravity become weaker with distance but astronauts can feel micro gravity.
I agree with you respectful cloud
26 Nov 2019
there is only micro gravity.
28 Nov 2019
I like what you've written
Firstly, I like the way you introduced the problem to everyone.But just to tell you before I thought their was absolutely no way gravity could be in space due to the mass.You still haven't put me away from the thought but made me second guess about my previous thoughts. Secondly,I love how you thought of that question so thought of.
So to conclude I like the way you think.
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