Most of the gravity highs on this map (hot colors for high; cool ones for low) correspond with mountains or other topographical features. But the long snake-like gravity high heading south from ...

The European Space Agency's GOCE satellite has delivered a beautiful map of Earth's gravity field that will also serve important scientific purposes for years to come. GOCE, which was launched in ...

This weight change is the result of fluctuations in Earth's gravity, which a new high-resolution map shows are greater than thought. Gravity is often assumed to be … Close.