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But he didn't reckon on the inexorable pull of gravity from Earth's nearest celestial neighbor.
CNN: The sun, the moon and the Titanic
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At low speeds, an accelerometer determines the position of the lights by reading the pull of gravity.
CNN: Light-up wheels turn your bike into a 'Tron Cycle'
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These possible universes will first expand, and then contract and collapse again under the pull of gravity.
ECONOMIST: The universe, it appears, may not be alone
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Launched in September 2011, the spacecraft were designed to map tiny variations in the pull of gravity around the lunar body.
BBC: Nasa reveals new information about moon probes crash sites
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This is a special type of Earth model which traces its idealised "horizontal" surface - the plane on which, at any point, the pull of gravity is perpendicular to it.
BBC: Europe's Goce satellite probes Earth's gravity
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Whenever one of these companions passes close by, the pull of gravity causes both stars to send out jets of matter, again wasting the raw material of a possible solar system.
ECONOMIST: Planetary formation
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The first stars formed when clouds of gas bunched together due not only to the pull of their own gravity, but also that of dark matter.
MSN: We could soon detect the first stars in our universe
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We recognize the gravity pull of the earth as he does.
NPR: An Athlete of God
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He seems to have realized that this assertive stroke stabilized the figure, suggesting a downward pull, rather than defiance of gravity, since the feet in the other studies and the finished painting are neatly crossed at the ankles and pulled back to imply motion.
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In due time, it is argued, the laws of political gravity will pull him back down.
ECONOMIST: Lexington
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The gravity studies have mostly focused on a group of muscles - broadly known as anti-gravity muscles - that seem to deteriorate without the gravitational pull of the Earth.
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