The Case Against Dark Matter
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The Case Against Dark Matter

Building on previous work in Modified Nutonian Dynamics (MOND), Dutch theoretical physicist Erik Verlinde argues that dark matter does not exist. If he's right, there may be a more elegant solution to why stars on the outside of galaxies are spinning faster than initially predicted. His theory builds on other work which posits that gravity is an emergent holographic phenomenon, a manifestation of disruptions in dark energy by normal matter. 

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