3 ms·The quip I'm fond of is: Dark Matter is the Phlogiston of Contemporary Cosmologyby PhantomGremlin 10y agoThe quip I'm fond of is: Dark Matter is the Phlogiston of Contemporary Cosmologyteraflop 10y agoThat certainly is a common perspective from people who get their knowledge of dark matter exclusively from pop-science articles!bbctol 10y agoDark matter is the oxygen of contemporary cosmology.