The new Earth gravity map, which was unveiled in late March, is the most accurate model of gravity fluctuations around the world. It was recorded by the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite.

The best map yet of Earth's gravity field can help track ocean currents and study the forces behind major earthquakes, experts say. By Richard A. Lovett April 7, 2011 ...

GOCE managed to map the gravitational strength of the Earth beneath it to a precision of 10 –5 m/s 2. While we commonly quote the gravitational force as 9.81 m/s 2 , this satellite was measuring ...

ESA launched GOCE in March 2009 to map Earth's gravity with unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The model, based on only two months of data, from November and December 2009, ...

But scientists have now created the most accurate gravity map ever, using data collected by a European Space Agency satellite called GOCE. GOCE orbits the Earth at a mere 254.9 kilometers (158.4 ...

ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better results. The Gravity field and steady ...

Incredible Gravity Map of the Earth’s Seafloors. By Phil Plait. Jan 14, 2016 9:30 AM. The Indian Ocean seafloor, mapped using Earth’s gravity.

A falling apple led the 17th century English scientist Isaac Newton to formulate his principle of gravity. But what Newton did not know is that apples don't drop at the same rate everywhere on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's already made the most detailed map yet of Earth's gravity fields, but the GOCE ...

GOCE will map the Earth’s average gravity field to build up a picture of the geoid, an idealised model of the Earth’s surface where the gravitational potential is identical at every point ...

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 … ...