A tiny gold ball is the smallest object to have its gravity measured

Scientists measured the gravitational field of an object with a mass of just 90 milligrams

gold sphere experiment set up

A gold sphere on a horizontal glass beam responds to the gravitational pull of a neighboring sphere (right). The measurement confirms that gravity behaves as expected even for very small objects.

Tobias Westphal/University of Vienna

Even teeny objects obey the law of gravity.