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  • Astrophysicists make observations consistent with the predictions of an alternative theory of gravity

    10/28/2022 11:51:41 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    Phys Org ^ | 26 October 2022 | by University of Bonn
    An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton's laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the observations are consistent with the predictions of an alternative theory of gravity. However, this is controversial among experts. The results have now been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. In their work, the researchers investigated open star clusters. These are formed when thousands of stars are born within a short time in a huge gas cloud. As they "ignite," the galactic newcomers blow away the remnants...