The Second Approach! A Bold Guess! Revising the Theory of Gravity! Wrong Again! That Man Steps In!

The discussion over the cause of the mass discrepancy continued.

Most of the answers proposed had obvious flaws or unreasonable aspects, and were quickly disproven.

Although Yu Qingsong and Shapley's debate had been brilliant, it had merely ruled out one answer.

The problem remained unsolved.

Yet this problem was of utmost importance. It had to be solved!

A full minute passed, and no one tried to answer again.

Eddington was considering how to arrange the rest of the conference.

Just then, Hale, who rarely spoke up during the meeting, opened his mouth:

"I have an idea."

Whoosh!

Everyone was instantly startled!

A true heavyweight was about to make his move!

As chairman of the International Astronomical Union, Hale's ability was beyond question.

He had entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study physics at eighteen, and by twenty-four had become the youngest astrophysics professor at the University of Chicago.

He had built the world's largest telescope for the United States and trained countless younger generations of astronomers.

Though beside Li Qiwei, Hale could only serve as one of the stunned members of the atmosphere crew.

Before ordinary astronomers, however, he was the undisputed "Old Hale."

And Hale had another trait: the scope of his lifelong research had never extended beyond the Solar System.

When it came to researching the nature of the Sun, he absolutely dared to call himself the foremost authority in the field!

He was fifty-seven this year and had studied astronomy for more than thirty years. He had seen far too many astonishing phenomena.

Thus, today, he had suddenly come up with an unusual idea.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Hale said:

"After Newton proposed the Law of Universal Gravitation, astronomers of that era claimed that they had grasped the mysteries of celestial motion."

"With nothing but a