A Galaxy Was Found That Shouldn’t Exist
䷣ Dark matter is supposed to be the invisible “scaffolding” that holds cosmic structures together — yet one faint system appears to be missing it almost entirely, based on real velocity measurements. In this episode, we break down how astronomers weighed it, why the distance debate became a scientific war, and what this anomaly implies for dark matter, MOND, and the limits of modern cosmology.
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