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Twenty first century dark matter reminds me of ninetieth century luminiferous aether. Without dark matter, current models of galaxies fall apart. What could happen if some of that dark matter mass was from stellar black holes?
The supermasssive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 10% the mass of our galaxy. In current models, the universe is made up of about 5% matter, the stuff we can see, about 25% dark matter, the stuff we can’t see, and about 75% dark energy.
What would happen to current models if half the dark matter mass (i.e. 10% of the universe) was from stellar black holes? To me, that could mean that there could be a lot more stellar black holes than anticipated from the current model. It could mean that stellar back hole mass is about twice the mass of the universe as we can observe.
Within this model, the universe could be made up of about 5% matter, about 10% stellar black holes, about 15% dark matter, and about 75% dark energy.
The supermasssive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 10% the mass of our galaxy. In current models, the universe is made up of about 5% matter, the stuff we can see, about 25% dark matter, the stuff we can’t see, and about 75% dark energy.
What would happen to current models if half the dark matter mass (i.e. 10% of the universe) was from stellar black holes? To me, that could mean that there could be a lot more stellar black holes than anticipated from the current model. It could mean that stellar back hole mass is about twice the mass of the universe as we can observe.
Within this model, the universe could be made up of about 5% matter, about 10% stellar black holes, about 15% dark matter, and about 75% dark energy.
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