The real “why” is because energy distorts spacetime [0], and gravitational acceleration is just uniform motion through that distorted spacetime. We’re still tr

The real “why” is because energy distorts spacetime [0], and gravitational acceleration is just uniform motion through that distorted spacetime. We’re still trying to figure out why exactly energy distorts spacetime. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%E2%80%93energy_tensor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%E2%80%93energy_tensor