A conspiracy theory that spread on social media claims that gravity will disappear for seven seconds this August, and that NASA is aware that this will happen. A physics professor explains why this is ...

The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference ...

Although Earth is approximately spherical, its gravity field doesn't adhere to the same geometry. In visualizations, it more closely resembles a potato, with bumps and divots. One of the strongest of ...

Gravity seems constant but it turns out, Earth is weirder than that. Gravity actually wobbles a bit across the planet. And ...

For more than a century, gravity has been the stubborn outlier in physics, resisting every attempt to merge Einstein’s smooth space-time with the jittery world of quantum mechanics. A new wave of ...

We treat gravity as a firm law, but the ground beneath Antarctica tells a ...

These dips in the gravitational field are formally known as gravity anomalies, but they're more commonly called “gravity holes". The largest is found in the middle of the Indian Ocean, spanning over 3 ...

Ever wondered why geckos can scamper up walls and humans cannot? The secret lies in physics, biology and evolution. Discover how animals exploit molecular forces to defy gravity and why humans are ...

The research suggests that changes in Earth's interior may have influenced Antarctica's climate history.

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...

A viral podcast circulating on TikTok has sparked alarm by claiming that Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on 12 August 2026, potentially causing 40 million deaths. According to the video, ...