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The current theory of gravity, as a force attributed to masses pulling on each other, is widely accepted as present and due to curvature of space and time, an extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

There aren't that many contrasting theories as to why else objects tend to move towards each other even when there are no other forces to ...

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