Plot Twist: New Milky Way Data Incompatible With Dark Matter AND Modified Gravity
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Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SABINE and use my code SABINE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. For decades, astrophysicists have told us that the Milky Way sits inside a huge halo of dark matter. But new measurements of how the outer stars of our galaxy move don't seem to fit that picture, nor the main alternative, modified gravity. So what's going on? Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.10189 #darkmatter #astrophysics #space #sciencenews #physics 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜
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