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November 15, 2012

Dark Matter vs. Modified Newtonian Dynamics

Chris Lee, Ars Technica


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Way back in the olden days, when the world was young and we were all much more innocent, the Bullet Cluster was discovered. It was a revelation: two galaxy clusters had collided, leaving a mess of glowing ordinary matter and large clumps of invisible, gravity-rich material—in completely separate locations. Combined with some modeling, this was hailed as an unambiguous observation of dark matter.

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