Do Directions Like 'Up' and 'Down' Exist in Space? 🌌

In space, directions like "up" and "down" don’t really exist the way they do on Earth. Since there’s no gravity to pull everything toward one point, there's no fixed sense of direction. Astronauts and spacecraft rely on the positions of stars and planets to navigate instead. Space agencies like NASA often use terms like "above" or "below" relative to Earth's orientation, but it’s all relative because everything’s floating! Even when we say things like "north" or "south" in space, it's based on Earth’s poles, not an actual universal guide. So, in the vast emptiness of space, directions are more about where things are positioned relative to each other rather than the way we think of them here on Earth. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me