'Unbelievable': Astronomer Claims 'Direct Evidence' of Gravity Breaking Down
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“I was feeling like I was dreaming. It seemed so unreal. This is because my results did not match any previous results," said astronomer Kyu-Hyun Chae.

What’s that saying again? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but for all of you MOdified Newtonian Dynamics fans (and Dark Matter haters) out there here’s a bit of good news.

  • Lilnino@beehaw.orgEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    I hate this title, even though it’s a good article. It’s nothing to do with gravity “breaking down”; maybe oul the current THEORY of gravity breaking down. So annoying that titles need to be sensationalized.

    • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
      61·
      1 year ago

      Well, it is a direct quote from the published study, so maybe not the journalist’s fault this time:

      “direct evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity at weak acceleration” and reveal “an immovable anomaly of gravity in favor of MOND-based modified gravity”

      • jorge@sopuli.xyz
        6·
        1 year ago

        So it would be a breakdown of standard gravity, not of gravity full stop. Sensationalized headline.

    • will_a113@lemmy.mlOP
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, a better title would have been “new observations show gravity anomaly indicating that current dark matter theories are incomplete”, but you get fewer clicks with something like that, right?