HandMeDownCumSock t1_ixjhhpv wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Reply to comment by Dave10293847 in Lopsided star cluster may disprove Newton and Einstein, controversial new study claims. An uneven distribution of stars in several nearby clusters may offer evidence of MOND — a controversial theory of gravity that disputes Newton and rejects the existence of dark matter. by nimobo

Were his equations supposed to cover those things though?

Dave10293847 t1_ixji5wl wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:18 PM

Sort of. We took his equations and plugged them into simulations. Our galaxy was ripped apart. The gravity wasn’t sufficient enough to keep it together. So then we plugged in different variables (simplifying it here) to find what does keep the galaxy together, ran more calculations, and then coined that missing variable dark matter.

So either Einstein has some things wrong, we’re missing something major, or Einstein is right and we just need to find out what dark matter actually is.