All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Why is there gravity Curious Kids: why is there gravity? 08/09/2020 | 4 MINS This article was originally published in The Conversation. Why is there gravity? Xander, aged 3, Lindfield, Sydney, NSW Hi Xander, great question! IΓÇÖm told you were rolling marbles when you asked that question, wondering why they roll down more easily than they roll up. To understand this, we need to know what gravity is. Something seems to hold us down on the ground. It makes us hit the floor with a thump if we fall over, and makes your marbles roll down slopes. Have you ever jumped on a trampoline? When you are in the air your arms feel light, your hair floats away from your head. You feel light as a feather, but not for long.When you come back down onto the trampoline itself you feel heavier, so heavy that the trampoline sinks right down, like it would if your mum was standing on it, as sheΓÇÖs probably heavier than you. A happy thought More than 100 years ago a young man called Albert Einstein was thinking about this sort of thing as he was sittin
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Xander, aged 3, Lindfield, Sydney, NSW Hi Xander, great question!
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IΓÇÖm told you were rolling marbles when you asked that question, wondering why they roll down more easily than they roll up.
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It makes us hit the floor with a thump if we fall over, and makes your marbles roll down slopes.
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