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Ok… so…

  • Pull you in with the power of gravity

Does not ‘suck’ you in with the power of a vacuum…

About right?

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You fall into gravity wells, they don’t suck you.

Best way to understand is to get the mental image of spacetime as a 3d sheet like grid, where each object pushes down on it and creates a pit, or well. The bigger the object the deeper the well, and the more force you will need to stop yourself from sliding towards the object and propelling yourself back up the slope.

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