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Re:Revisited mass of the Milky Way is much smaller than expe... by kuchenbecker on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:19PM (#37893051)
With the original in french, and not a physicist, the three pieces of information i wanted: - What did they revise it from/to? - What is the confidence? - What is the suspected reason?

Thanks for answering / alluding to all three :)

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Re:Revisited mass of the Milky Way is much smaller than expe... by garba_dlm on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:13PM (#37893430)
> What is the suspected reason?

fraud

I'm still looking for ways to answer my own followup question

how does it make sense that this is the suspected reason?

(who is defrauding who? why and how?)

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