A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
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Key Points:
- A study from South Korea’s Sejong University found that widely separated binary stars exhibit orbital accelerations 30-40% higher than predicted by Newton-Einstein gravity models at extremely low accelerations (~0.1 nm/s²), suggesting anomalies in current gravitational theory.
- These deviations cannot be fully explained by the standard Newton-Einstein framework, which relies on dark matter, but align with predictions from Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), particularly the AQUAL theory co-developed by Mordehai Milgrom.
- The research analyzed 26,500 wide binaries within 650 lightyears using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia observatory, providing potential direct evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity at weak accelerations.
- While MON
