The Sun may be doing more than warming planet Earth. It may also be helping scientists rethink one of nature’s most fundamental forces.
Researchers at Tezpur University in north-central Assam have used observations of the Sun’s internal movements to test a new concept on the nature of gravity, marking a step towards understanding the hidden physics within the primary energy source of the solar system and other stars like it.
The study, conducted by Pralay Kumar Karmakar of the Department of Physics and Souvik Das, a researcher under the DST-INSPIRE programme, examines how gravity behaves under the Sun’s extreme heat and pressure. The research has been accepted for publication in Physical Review E, an international journal of the American Physical Society.
DST-INSPIRE refers to the Department of Science and Technology’s Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research programme.
Professor Pralay Kumar Karmakar, of the Department of Physics in Tezpur University, has shown through the research that subtle gravity-driven movements inside the Sun, earlier considered insignificant, may carry a substantial amount of energy. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
