Explain Like I'm 5

Gravity is like a big hug from the Earth!

You know how when you give your favorite toy a big hug, you pull it close to you? Gravity is like that, but instead of hugging toys, the Earth is giving everything a big hug!

It pulls everything towards itself, so you don't float away into space. That's why you don't float off your chair when you're sitting, and why things don't just disappear into thin air.

The Earth is giving everything a big squeeze, and that's what keeps us all stuck to its surface!