The discussion centers on the concept of the Milky Way's halo being a manifestation of curved spacetime, specifically in relation to displaced supersolid dark matter. It concludes that while all matter in space is influenced by gravity and can be described as affected by curved spacetime, this does not imply that the Milky Way's halo itself is a direct physical manifestation of it. The distinction between general gravitational effects and specific manifestations of curved spacetime is emphasized.
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No, except in the unhelpful sense that all matter floating in space is affected by gravity and therefore its position and motion could be called "a physical manifestation of curved space-time".tomwestboro said:If the Milky Way's halo is displaced supersolid dark matter, and the state of displacement of the supersolid dark matter is referred to geometrically as curved space-time, then is the Milky Way's halo the physical manifestation of curved space-time?