• Question: why does gravity pull us down and not up?

    Asked by anon-186313 to Raquel on 10 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Raquel Medialdea Carrera

      Raquel Medialdea Carrera answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      Hi Harley,
      That’s a brilliant question. Gravity is an invisible force that pulls us and any other object down. In reality, gravity pulls “things or objects with mass” towards each other. The planet earth has a really huge mass, and therefore, the force of gravity is really big.
      That is why the gravity of the planet earth pulls all of us down towards the ground and makes everything fall. Moreover, this happens anywhere on the planet.
      Don’t you think gravity is fascinating???

      If you want to learn even more, you can watch this great video:

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