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Astronomer Claims 'Direct Evidence' of Gravity Breaking Down (www.vice.com)
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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.

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[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I found an article that's more skeptical https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/binary-stars-prove-modified-gravity/. I'm no expert but it does make a good case for why this result might be suspect