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> There aren't really any satisfactory alternatives to dark matter (given current models)

Dark Matter is a fudge factor used to account for quite good, but still incomplete physical modeling.

“Fudge factor” massively undersells it. For instance, measurements from the bullet cluster are quite compelling that there is significant mass in a galaxy that we don’t directly measure. That’s the definition of dark matter.

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