/sci/ - Science & Math

Right, can someone explain this to me, I'm sure it's real simple but I'm a bit retarded when it comes to shit like this and want a proper answer.

So gravity is a force which pulls things together right, thats why when we jump we come back to the earth because it has so much mass and that attracts us. My question is why doesn't the moon fall into the earth instead of orbiting it, and to a greater degree why doesn't the erath fall into the sun. I mean why doesn't gravity attract them.

I did a bit of googling and the best answer I found told me it was falling into the earth, but because of it's speed it was falling AROUND the earth, which kinda made sense but didn't really.

Can anyone answer this simply for me, it's pretty confusing.

>>2722634
hahaha oh my god, your a laugh.

7/10 just for the laugh factor

Fun fact - each day your distance to the sun varies at least by the diameter of the planet, some fuckton thousands of kilometres.

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>>2348799
Pretty much this.

if religion is so good then how come when it's in power the whole world suffers? i.e dark ages, crusades, inquisitions, jihads, etc

>>2292398
But we don't have free will because everything we do is part of Gods plan, remember?

Only 2 religious threads on page 1 of sci? Come on guys, troll harder.