Newton's gravity, that old classical warhorse, is well established on scales as large as the Solar System. The latest experimental confirmation of its validity is tiny in scale, but big in implications.
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Speake, C. Gravity passes a little test. Nature 446, 31–32 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446031a
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