"Unveiling Gravity's Secrets: Wide Binary Stars Challenge Laws of Physics"

Astrophysicist Kyu-Hyun Chae has detected gravitational anomalies in widely separated twin stars, suggesting a breakdown of standard gravity at low accelerations. Analyzing nearly 2,500 wide binary star systems observed by the Gaia space telescope, Chae found that closely orbiting twin stars behaved consistently with classical Newtonian dynamics, but those separated by more than 2,000 astronomical units exhibited a velocity boost inconsistent with classical mechanics. Chae's findings challenge the dark matter paradigm and standard cosmology based on general relativity, but further independent studies are needed to confirm the claimed anomaly and its implications for astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics.
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