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There are regions in space where gravity between the Sun and Earth (or any other two objects) interact to create something called Lagrangian points. Other objects can orbit around these points as if there were something there.
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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Birds cannot be taken into space because they require gravity to swallow
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During the final Apollo 15 moonwalk, David Scott dropped both a feather and a hammer to confirm Galileo's theory that objects fall at the same speed regardless of their mass (on Earth the feather falls more slowly only because of air resistance)
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Jupiter is sometimes referred to as a failed star because although it had enough mass to pull in a significant amount of gas, it didn't gain enough to start fusion
Source: scientificamerican.com, Image: pixabay
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Jupiter's gravity will eventually either push Mercury out of the Solar System or send it crashing into the Sun
Source: universetoday.com, Image: pixabay
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