
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 …
StarChild: Stars - NASA
Gravity causes the last of the star's matter to collapse inward and compact. This is the white dwarf stage which is extremely dense. White dwarfs shine with a white hot light but once all of their …
Teachers' Center Activity: Gravity Effects on Planet Motion - NASA
1. Introduction: Review the definition of gravity Drop a ball and explain why it falls downward Explain that the strength of a gravitational pull is determined by the masses of the objects …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Round and Round They Go - NASA
Newton's model of gravity is one of the most important scientific models in history. It applies not only to apples and Moons near Earth, but to stars and distant galaxies as well. The only time …
StarChild: Glossary - NASA
GRAVITY The invisible force between objects that makes objects attract each other. GRAVITATIONAL PULL The attraction that one object has for another object due to the …
StarChild: Galaxies - NASA
A galaxy contains stars, gas, and dust which are held together as a group by gravity. There may be millions, or even billions, of stars in one galaxy. There are billions of galaxies in the …
What makes stars shine - NASA
It is this energy which causes the star to shine and stops it from collapsing due to the pull of gravity. Does the conversion of this tiny bit of mass into energy create enough energy to …