On Earth, gravity's strength can be stronger or weaker depending on the altitude.
Why gravity's strength is actually different throughout planet Earth
May 10, 2018
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Google-founded Gravity Games merge STEM and racing in Lenoir
These race cars don't need engines; they're fueled by gravity. In this year's Google-founded North Carolina Gravity Games, teams use minimalism and the laws of physics to vie for the prize.
Learn how physics make baseball possible with the Durham Bulls
Teachers and the Durham Bulls reveal how Newton's laws of motion play into baseball.
Science Above North Carolina: Lesson Plan
The zero gravity environment onboard the International Space Station enables astronauts and researchers to better study health issues that impact people on Earth.
What Does it Take to Simulate Gravity in Space?
We've all seen the videos on the news, the internet, and even social media of astronauts floating around inside their space ships.
Space shuttle astronauts floating between flight decks, International Space Station astronauts doing endless flips in the middle of the lab or floating around corners and journeying from lab to lab.
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The zero-gravity environment onboard the International Space Station enables astronauts and researchers to better study health issues that impact people on Earth.
Ask An Astronaut - Missing Earth
Veteran space station astronaut Doug Wheelock says there are many things we take for granted on Earth. While in space, you start to miss its smells, sounds, blue skies and life there as you knew it. This is a part of the excitement and challenges of working on the International Space Station.
The Force Awakens
Scientists Detect a Vital Component of Gravitational Force
May 6, 2016
Einstein was right. Again.