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  1. What is gravity? - NASA

    Newton's "law" of gravity is a mathematical description of the way bodies are observed to attract one another, based on many scientific experiments and observations. The gravitational …

  2. Matter in Motion: Earth's Changing Gravity - NASA Earthdata

    Dec 28, 2020 · A new satellite mission sheds light on Earth's gravity field and provides clues about changing sea levels.

  3. StarChild: Glossary - NASA

    GRAVITATIONAL PULL See Gravity GRAVITY The force of attraction between two objects which is influenced by the mass of the two objects and the distance between the two objects. …

  4. Getting at Groundwater with Gravity - NASA Earthdata

    Dec 28, 2020 · NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites can detect groundwater by measuring subtle variations in Earth’s gravity. This image shows the …

  5. How do we know that dark matter exists? - NASA

    The cluster does not behave as scientists would expect it to if only the visible matter is generating the gravity present in the cluster. 'Dark matter' theory suggests that a huge amount of dark …

  6. StarChild: Stars - NASA

    As more and more of the gas (which is mostly hydrogen) is pulled together by gravity into a cloud, the cloud starts to spin. The gas atoms start to bump into each other faster and faster. This …

  7. Sir Isaac Newton - NASA

    As the years progressed, Newton completed his work on universal , diffraction of light, centrifugal force, centripetal force, inverse-square law, bodies in motion and the variations in tides due to …

  8. Gravity Wave - NASA Earthdata

    Feb 27, 2025 · A wave disturbance in which buoyancy acts as the restoring force on parcels displaced from hydrostatic equilibrium.

  9. Where did the Moon come from? - NASA

    The Moon's low density (3.3 g/cc) shows that it does not have a substantial iron core like the Earth does. Moon rocks contain few volatile substances (e.g. water), which implies extra …

  10. The Case of the Missing Waves - NASA Earthdata

    Dec 28, 2020 · Gravity waves are a real challenge because they are largely invisible to climate and weather models. The crux of the problem is the way satellites see them. Satellite …

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