Tweak Gravity: What If There Is No Dark Matter?

Scientific American ^ | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | John Matson

[SunkenCiv]

INVISIBLE OR NONEXISTENT? A composite image of the galaxy cluster Abell 520 shows the inferred presence of matter, primarily dark matter, in blue. -- X-ray: NASA/CXC/UVic./A.Mahdavi et al.; Optical/Lensing: CFHT/UVic./A.Mahdavi et al.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LucyT.

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[stefanbatory]

could i be added to this ping list?

[BenKenobi]

Interesting.

I’ve studied this as well, and often wondered if the problem wasn’t dark matter, but rather our understanding of gravity.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Will this make me look 10 pounds thinner on Earth, or do I have to travel to another planet or dimension to achieve that? ;)

[REDWOOD99]

I just dealt with my dark matter by adding a little Clorox to the wash cycle.

[republicangel]

Thank you, just shared this with my daughter, the Physicist student.

[JoeProBono]

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View

[rdl6989]

What if the discrepancy arises from a flaw in our theory of gravity rather than from some provider of mass that we cannot see?

Now I know what I'm going to lay awake tonight thinking about. :D

[ventana]

Perfect!!! V’s wife.

[rdl6989]

It looks like what some people call “modern art”.

[TomasUSMC]

Please add me to the ping list of all this KooL science stuff!!!

[Arkinsaw]

Please add me to ping.

[thulldud]

Will this make me look 10 pounds thinner on Earth, or do I have to travel to another planet or dimension to achieve that? ;)

New twist on an old question: "Does this frame of reference make me look fat?"

[DannyTN]

That’s heavy!

[ColdSteelTalon]

I don’t think dark matter exists. I think its something else...

[tlb]

>>>I don’t think dark matter exists. I think its something else..

Or perhaps someWHERE else. Assuming the theories of tiered multidimensional universes have some basis there is the possibility of gravitational bleedthrough.

[Kevmo]

A review article in the November 6 Science checks in on the status of these modified-gravity theories
***I couldn’t find that article. I was hoping to check & see if some of my favorite cosmologists were there, such as the surfer dude who has a Theory of Everything, and Dr. Paul La Violette’s Subquantum kinetics.

SubQuantum Kinetics, wide ranging unifying cosmology theory by Dr. Paul LaViolette
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884938/posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:00:43 PM · by Kevmo · 68 replies · 1,537+ views
THE STARBURST FOUNDATION ^ | January 2007 | Dr. Paul LaViolette

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everythingNov 14, 2007 ... the headline is really quite deceptive, the surfer dude actually holds a .... My own personal theory of “everything” is a tad more concise. ... Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925732/posts

[eclecticEel]

"Does this frame of reference make me look fat?"

I like that, got a good laugh.

[onedoug]

No Scientific American for me today, thanks.