Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

On top of all this, everything in the solar system is held in place by the Sun's gravity, and so on. Gravity diminishes over ...

That's because the planet is about to get very, very hot. You see, the sun's tremendous gravity pulls the Earth right toward it. Meanwhile, the planet is trying to whiz away in this direction.

Gravity keeps all of the planets (including Earth) in orbit around the Sun. It also keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth. Although every object (including you!) exerts a gravitational pull on ...