A new era of gravitational-wave astronomy, which uses gravity to examine the universe in the same way that conventional astronomy uses light, is dawning. Watch this space. Or spacetime https://econ.st/3NU6U9a
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeremy Schnittman & Brian P. Powell
With coded references to "eating melons" and "that person", Chinese social media users are getting creative to discuss tennis star Peng Shuai online as censors race to scrub all mentions of her sexual assault allegations.
gravitate towards/to sth/sb
UK phrasal verb (US gravitate toward sth/sb) to be attracted by or to move in the direction of something or someone: Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her playgroup.
gravitation
noun [S or U]
The gravitation of country people to/towards the capital began in the 1920s.
intr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.
- To move in response to the force of gravity.
- To move downward.
- To be attracted by or as if by an irresistible force: “My excuse must be that all Celts gravitate towards each other” (Oscar Wilde).
[New Latin gravitāre, gravitāt-, from Latin gravitās, heaviness. See gravity.]
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