gravity
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Because gravity behaved as predicted, changing the law of gravity does not explain the missing mass revealed by these observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
There’s a gravity, even a melancholy to her Mary Stone, which drew on Fabares’ ability to project a genuine inner life into the least promising scenarios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"The stars in a stellar stream all travel along nearly the same orbit, and that orbit is shaped by the galaxy's gravity," said Northwestern's Tjitske Starkenburg, who coauthored the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
"The Court concluded that the litigation had been pursued in a way that took it 'well outside the norm'," the summary of the ruling said, noting "the gravity of the allegations" among other factors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Once again physicists are talking about the cosmological constant—the mysterious term that Einstein added to his equations to balance the push of gravity.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The orbit balances the gravities of Earth and the moon and so requires little maneuvering and therefore fuel and allows the satellite - or a space station - to stay in constant contact with Earth.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The orbit balances the gravities of Earth and the moon and so requires little maneuvering and therefore fuel and allows the satellite — or a space station — to stay in constant contact with Earth.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
The differing gravities of their respective homes have even produced physically distinct populations.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2019
Native gold has one of the highest specific gravities.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
As a kindness we remove our friends from the domain of the gravity machine before we dial higher gravities still.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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