Posted on 03/28/2018 10:45:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Here's a problem: The universe acts like it's a lot more massive than it looks.
Take galaxies, those giant, spinning masses of stars. The laws of motion and gravity tell us how fast these objects should turn given their bulk. But observations through telescopes show them spinning way faster than we'd expect, as if they were actually much more massive than the stars we can see indicate.
Astrophysicists have come up with two main solutions to this problem. Either there's a lot of mass out there in the universe that we can't detect directly, mass scientists call dark matter, or there's no dark matter out there, but there is something missing from our laws of gravity and motion. Researchers call the second proposed solution modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND), which suggests that if the laws are properly tweaked, the universe would make sense without dark matter.
So NGC 1052–DF2 is a head-scratcher whether you lean toward dark matter or toward MOND. But physicists contacted by Live Science to discuss this paper mostly said the finding made dark matter (already the dominant explanation for the universe's weirdness) look a lot more likely.
The thing about dark matter, or whatever's causing outer space to move so weirdly, is that it's predictably distributed throughout the universe. Physicists expect the dark matter "halo" around lightweight, dim galaxies like NGC 1052–DF2 to be extra big, and they expect to find less evidence of dark matter effects in more-massive galaxies. Similarly, MOND theorists expect to find the most significant observable effects of their modified laws in less massive galaxies like NGC 1052–DF2, and lesser effects in more-massive galaxies.
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So, they can’t get MSNBC there?
The elephants have nothing between their toes.
Dark matter and energy - a substance we cannot observe, measure, detect, or feel but we are certain exists.
Undetectable matter... Or the theories are wrong. Guess which is more likely.
Imagine that! A fudge factor to make things fit.
Never heard of that before..............
“...Without Dark Matter”
Racist crackerhead galaxy.
Dark Matter Matters.
What they found is yet another piece of evidence that none of the current prevailing theories is a good explanation of the universe.
Actually, they discoverd Northern Idaho...
The obvious answer is that modern cosmological theories have dramatically failed to predict or explain what we observe in the universe.
The Electric Universe theory not only predicts the behavior of celestial bodies and galaxies, it provides rational explanations for what we observe, without relying on mathematical models, but established scientific principles.
Why not. It works for religion..........
No Dark Matter? Does BLM know?
When the theories don’t explain reality, they build shaky additions on to the theories that wind up looking stupid.
Kind of ironic - no?
Ain't God great!
Astrophysics is another piece of science that has similarities to witch-doctoring.
Based on very limited data they make wild theories that will be replaced by new equally wild theories each generation.
They remind me of the screaming apes confronted with a monolith in the opening scene of Kubrick’s 2001.
A galaxy where White Privilege is cherished and protected?
Are these the same scientific people who generate hype about the ozone layer?
I still marvel at their alleged ability to measure a 3 millimeter thick layer of clear transparent ozone gas that is 31 miles up. And to watch a hole in it that comes and goes on a seasonal basis.
and very little crime
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