ocr: Our curvy universe Space distorted by gravity The way that gravity attracts objects in space can be pictured if you think ofs space as astretchy rubber sheet. Without gravity, the rubber sheet would be pertectly flat, and objects would: roll across it in straight lines. However, gravity distorts" space. Any object with mass makes space curve and stretch around itself, just as a heavy object distorts and stretches a rubber sheet. Instead of rolling in a straight line across the sheet, objects are deflected toward the object. In the same way, the distortion that a body with mass makes in space a ...
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