Microgravity is like being in a giant invisible bubble, you feel weightless, almost like floating. It’s what astronauts experience when they’re in space because the spaceship and everything inside it are falling around Earth at the same time. Scientists use this special environment to study how things behave without gravity, like how water forms perfect spheres or how plants grow differently.
Examples
- A plant grows sideways instead of up because there’s no gravity telling it which way to grow.
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See also
- What are space suits?
- What are space particles?
- How Does Gravity Shape the Universe?
- What is outside?
- What is orbit?