Re:Triplet of 'Ghostly' Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter I...
by TimTheTinker on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:53PM
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According to MOND theorists, a dwarf galaxy like DF9 doesn't prove dark matter, since it's sitting in the gravitational field of a big neighboring galaxy (NGC 1052) and thus its boost is suppressed. They call this the "external field effect".
https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13961