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Mass and weight are different magnitudes

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The mass of planet Earth is approximately 5.972 × 10^24 kilograms. Weight is the force exerted on an object due to gravity, so the weight of Earth in space would be the force of its gravitational pull on other objects near it, rather than a specific weight measurement in space.
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0 because its space and everything is just floating there so there is no weight!
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