Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm ...

We explore how a black hole manages to communicate its gravitational force. Fact: in a black hole, all of the mass is concentrated at the singularity at the very center. Fact: every black hole ...

We explore if there is a true connection between light and gravity. We know that gravity exerts its pull on light, and we have an explanation for why. Actually, we have multiple explanations that all ...

You’ve probably watched this sort of science-fiction scene more than once: some stalwart starship captain and their crew are fleeing from aliens/escaping a supernova/running out of fuel and are ...

You may have seen videos of astronauts jumping on the moon. Their movements appear bouncier and lighter than how we move on Earth, and this is thanks to gravity. Gravity is "the force by which a ...

Among the many functions performed by skeletal muscles, an important one is maintaining our posture. If it weren’t for these muscles, Earth’s gravitational pull may make it difficult for us to stand ...

"One of the questions I got was how does gravity work, and I was like, 'Oh that's a great question," says Hirotaka Ata, M.D., Ph.D., one of the volunteer scientists. "I talked about how everything has ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in physics." The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may ...