8 Popular 'Science Myths' Where The Truth Is Way Cooler

7. There's No Gravity In Space

There's a commonly held myth that there is no gravity in space, but it's wrong (that's why we call it a myth). There's actually a lot of gravity in space.

The Earth's gravity is responsible for keeping the moon in orbit, which is 238,855 miles away, so it would be absurd to imagine that astronauts aboard the ISS - a mere 250 miles away - would be free from its clutches.

What's more, gravity, as the bending of spacetime caused by gravitating masses, permeates throughout space. The Earth exerts its gravity on you, but so does the sun, the moon and even the distant Andromeda galaxy at 2.537 million light years away. You're also exerting your own gravitational force on them in your own small way (something to think about if you ever feel unattractive).

In the words of Buzz Lightyear, the astronauts in orbit are actually "falling with style" rather than floating. By traveling past the Earth at the same rate as they falling towards it, they constantly fall around the edge of the planet and remain in orbit.