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Defining Gravity: Can Wide Binaries be a Definitive Test of Modified Newtonian Gravity Theories?

Defining Gravity: Can Wide Binaries be a Definitive Test of Modified Newtonian Gravity Theories?

by Aldo Panfichi | Jul 23, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper posits that precise observations of wide binaries can be used, in conjunction with simulations, to test the validity of modified gravity theories!

The Standard Model Fails to Pass the Bar

The Standard Model Fails to Pass the Bar

by Guest | Jun 4, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

The presence of dark matter particles in barred spiral galaxies should slow down their galactic bars. However, this is not what we observe. Are galactic bars telling us to reconsider the foundations of the standard model?

Twists and turns of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Twists and turns of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

by Jessie Thwaites | May 28, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Where do some of the highest energy photons in our universe come from? Today’s authors take a look at clusters of galaxies as a potential source of high energy gamma rays!

Highway to the Venus Zone

Highway to the Venus Zone

by Yoni Brande | May 27, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

How much carbon dioxide is too much? Is the habitable zone always habitable? To answer these questions, today’s authors turn up the heat and shove it into overdrive on the highway to the Venus zone!

The Calm Before the – Planet Formation?

The Calm Before the – Planet Formation?

by Lina Kimmig | Apr 27, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

It doesn’t seem like hurricanes on Earth can have anything to do with planet formation. But don’t be fooled! Find out in today’s bite, what the connection is.

UR: Viewing angle effects in the gamma-ray burst internal shock scenario

UR: Viewing angle effects in the gamma-ray burst internal shock scenario

by Astrobites | Mar 28, 2022 | Undergraduate Research

In our latest #UndergradResearch post, Marco Dalla Ca di Dio investigates how the viewing angle can affect what GRB light curves look like.

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