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> [We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to the edge of the universe, we would observe it accelerating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/we-know-there-is-gravity-because-apples-fall-from-trees-we-can/)

[Adam Riess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-riess/)

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## More by Adam Riess

> [It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/it-s-everywhere-really-it-s-between-the-galaxies-it-is-in-this-room/)

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> [We look at distant exploding stars called supernovae, and we've developed techniques to measure how far away they are and how fast they're moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/we-look-at-distant-exploding-stars-called-supernovae-and-we-ve/)

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> [Einstein wrestled with a problem back before we even knew the universe was expanding, and he was looking for a way to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/einstein-wrestled-with-a-problem-back-before-we-even-knew-the/)

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> [We're really just the frosting on a cake and we don't know what's inside the cake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/we-re-really-just-the-frosting-on-a-cake-and-we-don-t-know-what-s/)

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> [One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/one-of-the-most-exciting-things-about-dark-energy-is-that-it-seems-to/)

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> [During my time at Watchung Hills Regional High School, I was fortunate to have a number of teachers who inspired me and filled me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/during-my-time-at-watchung-hills-regional-high-school-i-was-fortunate/)

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> [We've known for a long time that the universe is expanding. But about 15 years ago, my colleagues and I discovered that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/we-ve-known-for-a-long-time-that-the-universe-is-expanding-but-about/)

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> [Dark energy is incredibly strange, but actually it makes sense to me that it went unnoticed, because dark energy has no effect on daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/dark-energy-is-incredibly-strange-but-actually-it-makes-sense-to-me/)

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> [I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/i-think-the-mystery-of-what-s-out-there-in-the-universe-is-just-very/)

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> [Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the entire universe, which is the only scale dark energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/until-the-1990s-there-were-few-reliable-observations-about-movement/)

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> [Your chemistry high school teacher lied to you when they told you that there was such a thing as a vacuum, that you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/your-chemistry-high-school-teacher-lied-to-you-when-they-told-you/)

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> [We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-riess/we-know-there-is-gravity-because-apples-fall-from-trees-we-can/)

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