Dark Matter = Dwarf Galaxies and Short Stars
I disagree with the following quote:
"Galaxies don't have enough normal matter to hold together the giant clusters of galaxies they are in, leading scientists to speculate on the existence of gravity from unseen "dark matter" pulling to keep galaxies together. Although what dark matter actually is remains a mystery, Hubble did help show how much there is of it out there, by looking for how much dark matter's gravity warps space-time and thus distorts light from distant galaxies. The space telescope helped reveal there is some five or six times more dark matter than normal matter in the universe." [Source: Click Here].
I say, "No mystery here!". Look, physicists and astronomers are human. Just like you and I, they too want a big salary and a fast car and a fancy home. And like the rest of us, they too have egos. What better way to feed that wallet and feed that ego than to come up [cue spooky music here with the howl of wolves far away in the background] a "mystery". Yes sir. However, as a reward for coming here to read this poor little blog, I'll give you the answer to what the "mysterious" [wolves howling] dark matter is. It's simple.
Dark matter is simply the matter we do not see - yet. Hey, I told you how easy this is. OK, let me explain.
We've known for some time that our Local Group has several members that are much smaller than our "typical" spiral galaxy: Sextans A and B, Canes Dwarf, Tucana Dwarf, IC 1613, M32, and even the Magellanic Clouds to name a few. Click HERE for a good view.
Well, it should come as no surprise that there are actually many more dwarf members of low luminosity in our Local Group than what we thought. It was discovered that there are a heck of a lot more low luminosity dwarfs, very near even, that are so dim we only just found them just recently. A lot of them. And we haven't seen them because of their small size and low visibility. Heck, that sounds like a lot of "dark matter" to me.
So, imagine trying to see these faint dwarf galaxies in the Hercules Cluster... we won't see them. Too dim, too far, too small. But - there are millions of them between the galaxies. They too are members of galaxy clusters everywhere - just as they are here.
Oh, this idea will be a tough fight for some astronomers who have staked their reputations on the silly mystical notion of "dark mysterious matter", or researchers desiring more grant money, but in the end, you'll find that "Dark Matter" is not mysterious at all.
In an intergalactic frame of reference, dark matter is nothing more than dwarf galaxies that are far more numerous than we ever thought. In an intragalactic sense, we will see dark matter manifested as brown dwarfs, and dim red dwarfs, and dark planets that we've never accounted for or even thought existed. Given the scale and scope of both of these dark bodies, their effects over large areas of space, become significant.
Viola'
No more mystery... all is well.
You've read this first HERE!
"Galaxies don't have enough normal matter to hold together the giant clusters of galaxies they are in, leading scientists to speculate on the existence of gravity from unseen "dark matter" pulling to keep galaxies together. Although what dark matter actually is remains a mystery, Hubble did help show how much there is of it out there, by looking for how much dark matter's gravity warps space-time and thus distorts light from distant galaxies. The space telescope helped reveal there is some five or six times more dark matter than normal matter in the universe." [Source: Click Here].
I say, "No mystery here!". Look, physicists and astronomers are human. Just like you and I, they too want a big salary and a fast car and a fancy home. And like the rest of us, they too have egos. What better way to feed that wallet and feed that ego than to come up [cue spooky music here with the howl of wolves far away in the background] a "mystery". Yes sir. However, as a reward for coming here to read this poor little blog, I'll give you the answer to what the "mysterious" [wolves howling] dark matter is. It's simple.
Dark matter is simply the matter we do not see - yet. Hey, I told you how easy this is. OK, let me explain.
We've known for some time that our Local Group has several members that are much smaller than our "typical" spiral galaxy: Sextans A and B, Canes Dwarf, Tucana Dwarf, IC 1613, M32, and even the Magellanic Clouds to name a few. Click HERE for a good view.
Well, it should come as no surprise that there are actually many more dwarf members of low luminosity in our Local Group than what we thought. It was discovered that there are a heck of a lot more low luminosity dwarfs, very near even, that are so dim we only just found them just recently. A lot of them. And we haven't seen them because of their small size and low visibility. Heck, that sounds like a lot of "dark matter" to me.
So, imagine trying to see these faint dwarf galaxies in the Hercules Cluster... we won't see them. Too dim, too far, too small. But - there are millions of them between the galaxies. They too are members of galaxy clusters everywhere - just as they are here.
Oh, this idea will be a tough fight for some astronomers who have staked their reputations on the silly mystical notion of "dark mysterious matter", or researchers desiring more grant money, but in the end, you'll find that "Dark Matter" is not mysterious at all.
In an intergalactic frame of reference, dark matter is nothing more than dwarf galaxies that are far more numerous than we ever thought. In an intragalactic sense, we will see dark matter manifested as brown dwarfs, and dim red dwarfs, and dark planets that we've never accounted for or even thought existed. Given the scale and scope of both of these dark bodies, their effects over large areas of space, become significant.
Viola'
No more mystery... all is well.
You've read this first HERE!
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