[FRIAM] new studies confirm existence galaxies almost-no-dark-matter
Gillian Densmore
gil.densmore at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 12:02:34 EDT 2019
Re: spell checker. LOL yes well that's why on android it's humoursly called
AutoGiberish.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 2:56 AM glen∈ℂ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure how magnetism plays into all this. But it is interesting
> that these are ultra diffuse galaxies. Maybe there is something wrong with
> how we extrapolate the rules in flat space to the rules in very bent space,
> where everything gets so weird. It seems (to me) that a regular galaxy
> would be more like a colloidal solution, with lots of little clumps of bent
> space (heavy things like brown dwarves[†] and such). Such a pock-marked,
> bristly, region of space must be more difficult to model than something
> relatively well-behaved like an ultra diffuse galaxy. Right? In the
> vicinity of "almost singularities" (very heavy objects), any measurement or
> calculation error will have more of an impact on the result.
>
> [†] I forgot to turn off the real-time spell checker on this new-to-me
> computer and, lo and behold, "dwarves" is not the plural of "dwarf"! WTF?
> https://grammarist.com/usage/dwarfs-dwarves/ tells me it's a neologism
> popularized by Tolkien. So, by using it, I'm wearing my Dork on my sleeve.
>
> On 3/31/19 4:24 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
> > So it's possible that what we think of as dark matter could be more to do
> > with a whole lot of magnets/lots and lots and lots of gravity energy and
> > makes things go weird?
> > Or weirder?
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 3:25 PM glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> https://news.yale.edu/2019/03/29/new-studies-confirm-existence-galaxies-almost-no-dark-matter
> >>
> >>> The finding was highly significant because it showed that dark matter
> is
> >> not always associated with traditional matter on a galactic scale. It
> also
> >> ruled out several theories that said dark matter is not a substance but
> a
> >> manifestation of the laws of gravity on a cosmic scale.
> >> --
> >> glen
>
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