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  • Understanding Gravity: What Causes Attraction?
    The answer to "what exerts gravity" depends on how specific you want to be.

    Here's a breakdown:

    * Everything with mass: The fundamental answer is that *everything* with mass exerts a gravitational force on everything else with mass. This is described by Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.

    * The Earth: In our everyday experience, the most significant gravitational force we feel is from the Earth. This is because it has a very large mass.

    * The Sun: The Sun's gravitational pull is what keeps the Earth and other planets in orbit around it.

    * Other planets and celestial bodies: Every planet, star, and moon in the universe exerts a gravitational force on every other one.

    It's important to remember:

    * The strength of gravity depends on mass: The more massive an object is, the stronger its gravitational pull.

    * The strength of gravity depends on distance: The farther away two objects are, the weaker the gravitational force between them.

    Let me know if you want to explore the concept of gravity in more detail!

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