The gravitational constant describes the intrinsic strength of gravity, and can be used to calculate the gravitational pull between two objects. The gravitational pull between two objects can be ...

Gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, appears reassuringly constant across the Universe, according to a decades-long study of a distant pulsar. This research helps to answer a ...

There are quite a few fundamental constants. These are things like the speed of light (c) the charge on an electron (e), and the Planck constant (h). These constants are determined with some type of ...

Using two separate tests, scientists have measured a new value for a fundamental natural quantity – G, the gravitational constant – that is slightly higher than previous experiments. Though the result ...

A painting of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller, dated to 1689. A fundamental constant that sets the size of the gravitational force between all objects has finally been pinned down using the ...

A fundamental constant that sets the size of the gravitational force between all objects has finally been pinned down using the quirky quantum behavior of tiny atoms. The new results could help set ...

In the quest to measure the fundamental constant that governs the strength of gravity, scientists are getting a wiggle on. Using a pair of meter-long, vibrating metal beams, scientists have made a new ...

The measurement of the Newtonian gravitational constant, G, remains one of the most challenging pursuits in experimental physics. A variety of techniques have been devised over the past two centuries, ...

Through extremely high precision measurements of a pulsar orbiting a white dwarf star, astronomers have found that the gravitational constant, which dictates the force of gravity, is "reassuringly ...

A scene from the movie Gravity. In real life, gravity is always bringing us down—particularly scientists who attempt to measure gravitational force. Try as they might, physicists cannot agree on a ...

Astronomers have produced the best constraint ever of the gravitational constant measured outside of our Solar System. Gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, appears reassuringly ...