Headache: New Milky Way Data Just Defies Explanation
Sabine Hossenfelder
Oct 9, 2026 15:00
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For decades, astrophysicists have told us that the Milky Way sits inside a huge halo of dark matter. But new measurements of how the outer stars of our galaxy move don't seem to fit that picture, nor the main alternative, modified gravity. So what's going on? Let's take a look.
Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.10189
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