alt Hacker NewsWe don't measure dark matter, we measure some anomaly and then we say "it must've been dark matter".
It's not crazy different from saying the same about that poltergeist.
We don't measure dark matter, we measure some anomaly and then we say "it must've been dark matter".
It's not crazy different from saying the same about that poltergeist.
We measure the matter distribution by its affect on light (strong/weak lensing). We also measure the matter distribution by the amount of light coming from it. The results are not the same. The simplest explanation is that there is matter which does not produce or reflect light via e/m, i.e. it is dark. Dark Matter.
We know of particles which behave the same way. Neutrinos for example.