eli5 How does gravity pull down a light feather but not a rain cloud that weighs 1 million pounds?
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Gravity also pull out other stuff, like air, and they’re a lot better at filling the space below the cloud than the cloud. Cloud is heavy, but the air below them – which they would displace if they fall – is even heavier. Unlike a feather, which is small so the amount of air it would displace is small, and the weight of the feather is enough to beat out the amount of air it will displace.
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