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Maybe it’s time to admit that maybe Dark Matter doesn’t exist, and we need a different hypothesis to explain the universe?

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Other than the fact that it/some of it was probably detected in 2023 and all the models do mostly work. Plus the LHC proved the existence of the Higgs Boson.

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This? https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a46807202/dark-matter-cosmic-web/

Is this really dark matter, or just more evidence of where the current physics modelling is incorrect?

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Either way, the solution is more science.

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“Probably” don’t cut it chief

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Neutrinos are an unknown science that we still know so very little about. There are hypotheses that say neutrinos could be the missing dark matter, but they are fringe. Once we have a reliable way of detecting them it would unlock all sorts of secrets of the very early universe - think microwave background radiation except with neutrinos.

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Dark matter must travel slowly compared to light. Neutrinos are fast.

But could neutrinos be dark energy?

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That seems a bit silly considering how much evidence we have for it. That’s an awful lot of work to throw away for no great reason.

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Evidence such as?

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It’s not my job to educate you on what could be a brief Google search. Stop being such a cynic. The gravitational lens distortion of distant galaxies is basically impossible without dark matter. Not to parrot the mantra of conspiracy theorists and cultists, but do your own research.

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Seriously though.

I’m no great physicist, but dark matter and dark energy sound like the ether of our times.

Hypothetical constructs to pluck the holes of misunderstanding the Universe.

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Honestly same

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