Dark Energy and Dark Matter – The Results of Flawed Physics?

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Best fit theoretical rotation curves superimposed on data (dotted lines) from galaxy NGC 4455 (left) and galaxy NGC 5023 (right). The solid line is the curve predicted by the new gravity model. Also shown are the Newtonian curve (short dashes) and th ...
Best fit theoretical rotation curves superimposed on data (dotted lines) from galaxy “NGC 4455” (left) and galaxy “NGC 5023” (right). The solid line is the curve predicted by the new gravity model. Also shown are the Newtonian curve (short dashes) and the Newtonian curve corrected for dark matter (long dashes).
There are few scientific concepts as intriguing and mysterious as dark energy and dark matter, said to make up as much as 95 percent of all the energy and matter in the universe. And even though scientists don't know what either is and have little evidence to prove they exist, dark energy and dark matter are two of the biggest research problems in physics.


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