From New Atlas:
Some of the strongest evidence for dark matter to date has been discovered – and ironically, that's thanks to its absence. In a pair of studies published this week, astronomers have shed new light on dark matter through close observation of a galaxy previously found to have very little of the stuff, while the same team found a new example of a similar oddball galaxy.
It's generally believed that galaxies are held together through the gravitational influence of clumps of dark matter, so to find a galaxy with little to no dark matter was a surprise. And while it might sound like a strike against the theory, it actually ends up supporting it.
A Second Galaxy Missing Dark Matter in the NGC 1052 Group (DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0d92) (DX)
Still Missing Dark Matter: KCWI High-resolution Stellar Kinematics of NGC1052-DF2 (DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e8c) (DX)
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Monday April 01 2019, @10:12PM (2 children)
It's so wrong when an AC wins a thread this early.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @10:36PM (1 child)
I could have posted as logged in, but where's the fun in that?
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 02 2019, @08:47AM
At least Gaaaaark is happy, now that Dark Matter has been banished to the wastebin of history . . . oh, what? It hasn't? Oh, crap, Gaaark is not going to be happy about this.
Science, it is just too damned uncertain and hard! I mean, what are we to believe? Will not someone just tell us what to believe? Oh, thank you, Alex Jones!