The new hypothesis is controversial about gravity

A controversial new theory about gravity has passed the first test. If success continues, this hypothesis will completely replace the current physics.

Recommended for the first time in 2010, the new hypothesis suggests that gravity can arise and act differently than what Einstein had predicted. An independent study of more than 30,000 galaxies found the first evidence for this hypothesis.

This hypothesis is called "Verlinde's gravitational theory" , named after the physicist who proposed it, Erik Verlinde from the University of Amsterdam. If it is possible to continue with the upcoming tests, it can completely correct a whole century of physics theory.

The new hypothesis could also be part of the answer of the puzzle that will bring us closer to one of the theories of modern physics, the Holy Grails theory - a longer version of the universal theory, that mixes Observed effects of classical physics with the bizarre of the microscopic world in quantum mechanics.

There are still many unexplained issues about gravity, many theories cannot be applied to everything in the universe, but we still accept it to be true. Most prominent, researchers have shown that there is more gravitational force in the universe, especially in galaxies; That gravity has been created by all that we observe.

This discrepancy has been explained by assuming the presence of dark matter - a mysterious force in the universe that we cannot see while it creates the rest of the gravity.

Sculptor galaxies in the constellation Sculptor, one of the 33,000 galaxies tested by researchers.(Photo: NASA).

But despite decades of searching and many top candidates for so-called dark matter, researchers have yet to take any further steps in actually detecting this invisible form of matter.

On the other hand, Verlinde's approach is that we don't need dark matter in every situation, but think more about gravity.

He said that gravity is not a fundamental force of nature, it is a phenomenon - as temperature is a phenomenon that arises from the movement of microscopic particles. In other words, gravity is a side effect, not the cause of what's happening in the universe.

In the past 6 years, this hypothesis has not yet been tested for authenticity. But recently, a group of researchers at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, tested it first and got some evidence that it might be true.

Observing the distribution of matter among 33,000 galaxies, the team was led by Margot Brouwer, saying that what they observed could be explained without using dark matter, if used fake Verlinde's theory.

This test involves a study called gravitational lensing - the gravitational phenomenon of a galaxy closer to Earth that bends the light of a more distant galaxy. This is also a way to measure dark matter in galaxies.

The team also said that if they only use the Verlinde hypothesis, the results are absolutely correct and meaningful without adding the amount of dark matter. Comparing the results with Einstein's predictions in the theory of relativity, the team said that both theories fit together.

But they also realized that Verlinde's predictions match the observed results without using any other parameters, while many other theories need to refine observations to match the theory. . The presence of dark matter needs to add 4 parameters to the formula.

This is just a first and very early test of the Verlinde hypothesis. It will take even more time to completely replace a century of accepting old physical theories, including dark matter.