I have come across multiple videos where an astronaut will let go of an object (just watched one where it was a bolt), and all of them tend to float upwards relative to the camera. Could it just be that earth is actually positioned “up” from the camera so gravity has an effect? or is it that when they let go of the object, they are subtly pushing it upwards? idk could somebody explain.
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Objects float up in space because there is no gravity to pull them down. When an astronaut lets go of an object, there is no force acting on it to make it move in a particular direction, so it will continue to move in the same direction it was moving before the astronaut let go of it. Hope that helps!
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