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Entirely on the contrary. Dark matter is the label given to a set of anomalous observations. The entire problem is that we called it “dark matter” when we shoul
by chongli 3y ago
Entirely on the contrary. Dark matter is the label given to a set of anomalous observations. The entire problem is that we called it “dark matter” when we should have called it “missing mass”, because that’s what it is. There would be no controversy with the latter name.
- queuebert 3y agoTechnically, "missing gravity". The mass is inferred, but not absolutely required. (Though it is by far the simplest explanation.)