gravity
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Scientists infer its existence from the way its gravity affects visible matter.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
And yet, the crew was in the moon’s gravitational arena, where its gravity dominates Earth’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Just as the market is prone to overreact, though, it can be surprisingly slow to grasp the gravity of a really major crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The acrobat tent looms higher than the tents surrounding it and the sign that reads defiance of gravity swings over the entrance only a few paces away.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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