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Re:New class of galaxy has been discovered, made almost enti... by mattmanser on Friday August 26, 2016 @05:37PM (#12369491)
It's not the same thing.

Imagine being told there's loads of bugs in your system and it's constantly breaking, even though no-one can show you a single one of these bugs and you've not got a single user complaint.

That's dark matter.

It's obviously bullshit, but it's the 'simplest' explanation.

Re:New class of galaxy has been discovered, made almost enti... by stcredzero on Friday August 26, 2016 @05:53PM (#12369570)
That's not quite right. A better analogy would be:

"Imagine being told there's loads of bugs in your system and it's constantly breaking, and even though no-one can show you a single one of these bugs, tons of users are complaining."

That would fit the situation better: There's only one kind of indication that these things exist.

Re:New class of galaxy has been discovered, made almost enti... by Synaesthesia on Friday August 26, 2016 @05:53PM (#12369568)
There's been some pretty specific observations of dark matter like galaxies which have been shown to have varying proportions of DM, there have been measurements where scientists have actually localised the dark matter, i.e. mapped where it should be concentrated based on the perturbation of nearby stars.