mchargue wrote: Well, actually the idea that ‘missing mass’ constitutes a ‘proof’ that dark matter must exist is experiencing a little push-back.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-universe-not-so-missing-mass.html
Next up, ‘Dark Energy’…
Pat
but it isn’t the “missing mass” that constitutes evidence for dark matter; it is observed astronomical phenomena like the Bullet Cluster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster
