How far would you have to go to escape gravity?

Name: How far would you have to go to escape gravity?
Uploaded: 2018-11-06T19:55:42Z
Duration: 4 min 39 s
Description: Every star, black hole, human being, smartphone and atom are all constantly pulling on each other due to one force: gravity. So why don't we feel pulled in billions of different directions? And is there anywhere in the universe where we'd be free of its pull? Rene Laufer details the inescapability of gravity. [Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Addison Anderson].

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Rene Laufer |

TED-Ed

• November 2018

Every star, black hole, human being, smartphone and atom are all constantly pulling on each other due to one force: gravity. So why don't we feel pulled in billions of different directions? And is there anywhere in the universe where we'd be free of its pull? Rene Laufer details the inescapability of gravity. [Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Addison Anderson].