Do we need Dark Matter or are we just time blind

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The baryon mass fraction of the universe has been measured with great precision by a number of studies [Planck, WMAP, BAO] which rules out any significant unaccounted contributions from black holes. For further discussion see https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Peebles2/P5_2.html
 

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