Modifying gravity: Pavel Kroupa and colleagues have shown that Modified Newtonian Dynamics does a good job at describing the properties of open clusters of stars. (Courtesy: Volker Lannert/University ...

Case Western Reserve astronomer Stacy McGaugh and international collaborators detect ‘external field effect,’ a prediction unique to rival dark matter hypothesis An international group of scientists, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have known that galaxies across the universe are behaving badly. Some are spinning ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have watched galaxies spin and the universe expand in ways that visible matter alone cannot ...

Dark matter is currently the most widely accepted hypothesis for explaining some of the weirdness we see in the cosmos – but it’s not the only possibility. Now, a team of astronomers has discovered ...

Our understanding of the universe may be completely wrong.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A modified law of gravity correctly predicted the behavior of stars in galaxies of the Milky Way's neighbor Andromeda, U.S. and Israeli scientists say. The prediction made ...

A theory developed to replace dark matter may mean bad news for Planet Nine, a hypothetical as-yet-unseen world in the outer solar system. The odd orbital alignments of icy objects in this region that ...

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An international group of scientists has published research contending that modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) -- a rival idea to the popular dark matter hypothesis -- more accurately predicts a ...