[SeekAndFind]

Astrophysicist Bob Sanders from the University of Groningen declares: “The authors of this paper make a strong argument. Their result is entirely consistent with the expectations of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND), but completely opposite to the predictions of the dark matter hypothesis. Rarely is an observational test so definite.”

It would not be the first time that Newton’s theory of gravitation had to be modified over the past hundred years. This became necessary in three special cases:

* when high velocities are involved (through the Special Theory of Relativity),

* in the proximity of large masses (through the theory of General Relativity), and

* on sub-atomic scales (through quantum mechanics).

The deviations detected in the satellite galaxy data support the hypothesis that in space where extremely weak accelerations predominate, a “modified Newton dynamic” must be adopted. This conclusion has far-reaching consequences for fundamental physics in general, and also for cosmological theories.

[Cacique]

btt

[parsifal]

My emotions tell me that the Big Bang theory is also going bye-bye sooner or later. There has got to be an “ether”.

parsy, who just knows this in his heart

[mountainlion]

And they call me names for not believing in evolution.

[mountainlion]

And they call me names for not believing in evolution.

[TurtleUp]

Interesting: Newton's Law of Gravity, even with the modifications of Einstein's General Relativity, is still not "Settled Science" a century after Einstein. It looks to me like cosmologists are real scientists, they are still questioning and still evaluating their theories against observed data.

As for Climatologists ...

[Old Professer]

It sounds like it would be easier to redefine fundamental...

[montanajoe]

Interesting, Einstein, Maxwell, Hawkins and others have always been trying to come up with a “Unified” theory reconciling all of the forces of nature but have been unable to do so to date. So there may be something to this..

[SunkenCiv]

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[ckilmer]

looks like there’s a big paradigmn shift in the offing sometime in the next 20 years or so.

[AFPhys]

I am glad that this alternate hypothesis to the existence of “dark matter” is finally getting some press. From the first time I heard of that construction, I belittled it, and the more the NYSlimes raises it up, the more I hate it. Dark matter is finally being afflicted with epicycles to get close to keeping it together, and I can not be more happy.

[allmost]

We have no way of testing, empirically, that space itself is homogeneous throughout. It is reasonable to assume it is of course but facts are impossible to verify at this point. Newtonian gravity is wrong when it comes to stellar distances, masses, and speeds from what we can see. This is century old news. Fundamental concepts, specifically gravity need to be rethought before any better understanding can occur. Inventing invisible ‘dark matter’ is almost as believable as Santa Claus IMO.