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What is gravity?

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Ever wonder why you don't just float away into the clouds? It's all because of a hidden superpower! See that bright orange core inside our world? That's where Earth's pull comes from, yankin' everythin' straight down toward the middle like a giant, friendly magnet. Gravity is an invisible force, like a constant silent tug that never takes a nap—it's what makes that apple go WHOOSH and go splat on the grass instead of driftin' away! This is called the grounding effect, and it's the reason your feet stay stuck to the sidewalk when you're runnin' and jumpin'. But it doesn't stop at the ground! Gravity reaches way up into space, actin' like a long, invisible leash to keep the moon on its curvy orbital path so it doesn't get lost in the stars. The secret is mass attraction—the bigger an object is, the more 'stuff' it has, and the more super-strength it has to pull on everything around it! Pretty wild, right? Tiny Concepts.

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