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Negotiating the steep slopes and gravity's constant pull will quickly drain you of any energy you have left.
Michael Yarbrough: A Student's Guide to Backpacking: Switzerland Michael Yarbrough 2011
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Since then, however, physicists have been astonished to find that the Cosmological Constant -- the mysterious pushback that just ever-so-slightly counters gravity's inward rush -- is just strong enough, no more and no less, to a precision of more than a hundred decimal places.
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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Shrug off gravity's coil with these unique businesses.
Take Flight 2011
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Since then, however, physicists have been astonished to find that the Cosmological Constant -- the mysterious pushback that just ever-so-slightly counters gravity's inward rush -- is just strong enough, no more and no less, to a precision of more than a hundred decimal places.
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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Since then, however, physicists have been astonished to find that the Cosmological Constant -- the mysterious pushback that just ever-so-slightly counters gravity's inward rush -- is just strong enough, no more and no less, to a precision of more than a hundred decimal places.
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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After that, it was widely believed that because the expansion rate depended on the amount of contained energy, a universe with mainly physical matter would eventually slow because of gravity's attractive force.
Nobel Given for Study of Universe Expansion Gautam Naik 2011
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For "Into the Blue," Joseph J. Corn has assembled 60 such accounts of escaping the gravity's bonds, written by participants or spectators.
Americans In the Air Daniel Ford 2011
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Dwarf planets are big enough to be made round by their gravity's weight, according to the controversial 2006 IAU decision, but not big enough to sweep their orbits clear of other objects.
Dwarf planets Pluto, Eris battle for a spot in a vast universe 2011
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Smashing away with one arm, I could feel the other arm weakening, the one holding the firmly planted tool—the only thing between me and gravity's awful tug.
After the Fall, a Lingering Doubt Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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Since then, however, physicists have been astonished to find that the Cosmological Constant -- the mysterious pushback that just ever-so-slightly counters gravity's inward rush -- is just strong enough, no more and no less, to a precision of more than a hundred decimal places.
Clay Farris Naff: Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered Clay Farris Naff 2012
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