• jet@hackertalks.com
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    9 hours ago

    Ok… so…

    • Pull you in with the power of gravity

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

    About right?

    • Routhinator@startrek.website
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      9 hours ago

      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.