Gravity Probe B and Frame Dragging: A New Matter Perspective

Rethinking Frame Dragging: Gravity Probe B and the Role of Space-Filling Matter Mass defects, produced in processes such as stellar nucleosynthesis, supernovae, neutron star collisions, and black hole mergers, generate a form of space-filling matter. Because these events are common, this matter permeates the universe. Gravity pulls it into dense regions around massive bodies, creating envelopes that surround moons, planets, stars, and galactic centers alike. One can imagine this nesting: the Moon immersed in Earth’s envelope, Earth within the Sun’s, and the Sun itself embedded in the immense region generated by the Milky Way’s central black hole. Such a layered cosmos suggests a new interpretation of the frame-dragging effect observed by Gravity Probe B. Orbital motions—the Moon around Earth, Earth around the Sun, and the overlapping of planetary envelopes during close approaches—continuously alter the local density of space-filling matter. A probe as sensitive as Gravity Probe B could register these fluctuations as tiny shifts in orientation. The deflection of its rotational axis, usually attributed to frame dragging in curved spacetime, may instead reflect the direct influence of changing matter density. If so, the findings challenge the curved spacetime concept at the foundation of general relativity. #newphysicsproject

Beyond Curved Spacetime: Space-Filling Matter and Gravity Probe B’s Frame-Dragging Signal Mass defects, produced in processes such as stellar nucleosynthesis, supernovae, neutron star collisions, and black hole mergers, generate a form of space-filling matter. Because these events are common, this matter permeates the universe. Gravity pulls it into dense regions around massive bodies, creating envelopes that surround moons, planets, stars, and galactic centers alike. One can imagine this nesting: the Moon immersed in Earth’s envelope, Earth within the Sun’s, and the Sun itself embedded in the immense region generated by the Milky Way’s central black hole. Such a layered cosmos suggests a new interpretation of the frame-dragging effect observed by Gravity Probe B. Orbital motions—the Moon around Earth, Earth around the Sun, and the overlapping of planetary envelopes during close approaches—continuously alter the local density of space-filling matter. A probe as sensitive as Gravity Probe B could register these fluctuations as tiny shifts in orientation. The deflection of its rotational axis, usually attributed to frame dragging in curved spacetime, may instead reflect the direct influence of changing matter density. If so, the findings challenge the curved spacetime concept at the foundation of general relativity. #newphysicsproject

The observation of gravitational waves has opened a new window into the cosmos. When two black holes spiral together and merge, they emit a final ringing characteristic tones known as quasi-normal modes that fade away like the dying sound of a struck bell. These “spectral lines of spacetime” confirm Einstein’s prediction and uphold the no-hair theorem, showing that black holes can be described only by mass, spin, and charge. Just as the classification of atomic spectra in the 19th century launched stellar astrophysics, the measurement of black hole spectra marks the beginning of a new era-an era where we can probe the very fabric of spacetime. While present detections confirm relativity’s elegance, future observatories may sharpen our ears to detect even fainter echoes-subtle deviations that could hint at violations of the no-hair theorem, provide indirect clues about the black hole information paradox, and test bold ideas like the holographic principle. Today we stand at the threshold: the first symphonies of black holes have been heard, and with finer instruments, we may soon uncover the deeper score hidden within. https://lnkd.in/dihhyb48

The Dark Star That Shouldn’t Exist A mysterious object located 3,000 light-years away has left astronomers baffled. It behaves like a black hole—but it’s not. Dubbed a “quasi-black hole,” this compact object formed from a massive star collapse but lacks an event horizon, the defining feature of a true black hole. It’s too massive to be a neutron star and too small for a typical black hole. Researchers at the European Southern Observatory discovered it while studying a binary system. One star orbits something invisible, and yet gravitational calculations show a dark mass 2.5 times heavier than the Sun. No radiation. No light. No Hawking radiation. It simply distorts space—quietly. This suggests that our understanding of gravity, quantum mechanics, or both may be incomplete. It could represent a class of stellar remnants theorized but never seen—possibly a "boson star," or even a naked singularity, something Einstein’s equations allow but nature seemed to forbid. If confirmed, it would shake our foundations of physics and offer new clues into the very structure of spacetime. #spaceexploration #spacefacts #blckhole #cosmos #universe

Helium transit depths are one of the most powerful probes of atmospheric escape, revealing how close-in exoplanets lose their atmospheres and evolve over time. In our new Astrophysical Journal paper, we present a multi-species, full-atmosphere escape model for HD 209458b, the archetype hot Jupiter exoplanet. Our results show how atmospheric structure, diffusion processes, stellar activity, and composition shape hydrogen and helium absorption. The results emphasize the need for self-consistent models in interpreting exoplanet transit data and highlight the power of simultaneous helium and hydrogen observations. https://lnkd.in/diR_uZQv

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Revealing the Heart of a Cosmic Butterfly 🦋 The James Webb Space Telescope has just unveiled the blazing central star of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) — a stellar core burning at an astonishing 220,000°C, now visible for the first time thanks to the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). 🛰️ UK ATC played a pivotal role in designing and building MIRI’s spectrometer, which pierced through dense cosmic dust to expose the nebula’s hidden secrets. This new research published by the Royal Astronomical Society revealed nearly 200 distinct spectral lines, each revealing different chemical elements within the nebula's complex structure. These observations show crystalline silicates like quartz forming the dusty torus, alongside iron and nickel jets blasting outward from the central star. MIRI's exceptional sensitivity also detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - complex organic molecules, similar to soot on Earth, that may be forming as stellar winds interact with surrounding gas. This represents the first evidence of such molecules developing within a planetary nebula. As Dr Olivia Jones, STFC Webb Fellow at UK ATC, said: “These extreme temperatures illuminate the surrounding gas, which is why the Butterfly Nebula looks so spectacular. This finding transforms our understanding of how the most extreme stellar environments evolve." #JWST #ButterflyNebula #SpaceScience #Astronomy

On dark matter, baryon asymmetry, an added dimension, and dark energy - Dark matter is antimatter that decayed back into the primal element ordered informations via weak force CP violation on antimatter still holding its gravitational and spatial attributes - resolves baryon asymmetry. More dark matter is observed than can be accounted for by this. The shortfall is related to gravity tunneling from 3D space into 4D space. The additional gravity effect is too small to be seen locally but is clear on the galactic scale. This follows amended Friedman and Einstein field equations that creates an added full scale spatial dimension where dark energy is replaced by a geometric solution.

𝗔𝘅𝗶𝗼𝗻–𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 🌌 Dark matter constitutes approximately 85% of the matter in our universe, yet its fundamental nature remains one of the most profound mysteries in modern physics. Among the leading candidates are axions — elusive particles that could explain dark matter and resolve a decades-old puzzle in particle physics. In a recent research published in American Physical Society's Physical Review Letters, GoLP/IPFN researchers Hugo Terças and Tito Mendonça, in collaboration with Robert Brigham (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), reveal a previously overlooked phenomenon: before axions can convert into detectable radio waves, a significant portion instead convert into plasma waves (plasmons) deep within the neutron star’s magnetosphere. This “silent” conversion pathway acts as an energy drain, diminishing the expected radio signals that astronomers search for. According to the authors, the discovery of this overlooked effect forces a major reassessment of detection strategies, as the anticipated radio signals from axion conversion may be substantially fainter than previously predicted and future searches must account for this damping effect. The published letter is available here: https://lnkd.in/dXrm6Wtt More information 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dmFQGygA 📷NASA/JPL-Caltech #ipfn #APS

In the Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) model, galactic centers can host dense bosonic cores that interact gravitationally with visible matter. In this visualization, the red contours represent the core of ultralight bosonic dark matter, while the color map shows the distribution of dust (baryonic matter). As the system evolves, the presence of the dark matter core shapes the dynamics of the surrounding gas, producing distinct structures that could leave observable signatures. This interplay between dark and visible matter offers a pathway to test quantum-inspired dark matter models through astrophysical observations.