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We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to the edge of the universe, we would observe it accelerating.

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Adam Riess
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 16
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Physicist
Professor
University Professor
Washington
District of Columbia
Adam Guy Riess
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