Monday, February 25, 2019

gravity - How is dark matter meant to explain the faster than expected rotation of galaxies?



The stars on the outer edges of galaxies go around faster than they should be. How is dark matter meant to account for this? if you just add more mass wont that just give it a greater gravitational force? So we would still expect the outer stars of galaxies to be going slower than the ones near the center. Whats the flaw in my reasoning?




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