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Re:New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery by interestica on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:07PM (#27306840)
> 'ether of the 21st century'

Or 'caloric' or 'phlogiston'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superseded_theories_in_science

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Re:New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery by tigerlily on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:35PM (#27309437)
Phlogiston, now there's a word I haven't seen in a while. A lot of big names on that list of superseded theories by the way :)
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Re:New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery by kiba on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:25PM (#27308753)
Dark matter is not a theory, it's a name for an unexplained phenomena.
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