Thursday, August 29, 2013

ScienceDaily: Dark Matter News

ScienceDaily: Dark Matter News


Modified law of gravity predicts dwarf galaxy feature prior to observations

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 07:34 AM PDT

MOND, a modified law of gravity, correctly predicted in advance of observations the velocity dispersion -- the average speed of stars within a galaxy relative to each other -- in 10 dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way's giant neighbor Andromeda. MOND also detected subtle differences in gravity fields that dark matter theory says should be uniform.

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