Asteroid Bennu and the Search for a Fifth Force: Implications for Dark Matter Theories
Asteroid Bennu and the Search for a Fifth Force: Implications for Dark Matter Theories The quest to understand the universe’s fundamental forces and the enigmatic nature of dark matter continues. Recent findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, focusing on asteroid Bennu, have provided valuable insights, albeit negative, into one specific dark matter theory involving a hypothetical fifth force. Published in Communications Physics on September 20, 2024, research led by Yu-Dai Tsai of Los Alamos National Laboratory analyzed Bennu’s meticulously tracked orbit….