Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

We commonly experience gravity by being pulled downwards by the Earth. Gravity keeps all of the planets (including Earth) in orbit around the Sun. It also keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth.

For billions of years, it's kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on roughly the same plane, and they also move in ...

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits at 230-285 miles above the planet, and astronauts aboard float about as if there ...

This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over ...