From the fall of an apple to the glow of the farthest known star, gravity quietly choreographs almost everything that happens ...

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Every time a coffee mug drops, a satellite orbits or an astronaut floats, we are watching the same phenomenon play out under very different disguises. For centuries we have treated gravity as the ...