"Gaia Observations Reveal Smoking-Gun Evidence of Modified Gravity in Low Acceleration"
A new study using data from the Gaia space telescope provides conclusive evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity in the low acceleration limit. By analyzing the orbital motions of wide binary stars, the study finds that accelerations lower than about one nanometer per second squared deviate from the predictions of Newton's universal law of gravitation and Einstein's general relativity. This breakdown of standard gravity at low accelerations aligns with the predictions of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) and suggests the need for a new theory to explain phenomena in the weak acceleration limit. The findings have significant implications for astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics.