You see this all the time in textbooks: This is often described as "the acceleration due to gravity". Is this really the best thing to call this? No. A better name would be "the local gravitational ...

Gravity is a fundamental force of nature; it is an attractive force between any objects that have mass. The strength of gravity between everyday objects, such as a desk and a chair, is extremely small ...

Researchers in France have devised a new technique in quantum sensing that uses trapped ultracold atoms to detect acceleration and rotation. They then combined their quantum sensor with a conventional ...

There are various methods to measure acceleration due to gravity. At Higher level all rely on one of the equations of motion. The measurements required will depend on the equation used. Watch this ...

The first reports of comet 3I/ATLAS were made on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Chile. This comet caught the world's attention since it was the ...

According to Michael Brooks, we don’t know what gravity is (13 June, p 28). However, in 1992 I proposed a theory to explain its origin (Europhysics Letters, vol 17, p 1). Gravity is the result of the ...

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NASA reports more than 400 gas giants – large gas planets like Jupiter or Saturn – have been discovered outside of Earth's solar system. However, the possibility that a gas planet could exist in the ...