A new study challenges the existence of dark matter, proposing that gravity can arise from 'topological defects' in spacetime.
  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    To be fair dark matter is a purely mathematical construct to explain the presence of gravity without (visible) mass. Certainly dark matter has more credibility than this new idea but hypothetical mathematical constructs make up a good chunk of physics.