Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Matter: Is it a Different Type of Gravity?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the nature of dark matter and its potential relationship with gravity. Participants explore whether dark matter could be understood as a different type of gravity and the implications of such a hypothesis. The conversation touches on theoretical aspects and the challenges of detecting dark matter.

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that dark matter could be a different type of gravity, proposing that the universe's spinning might create this gravity.
  • Another participant emphasizes that dark matter and dark energy describe effects detected through gravitational influences, but their underlying nature remains poorly understood.
  • A further contribution clarifies that dark matter is not uniformly distributed and is detected by its gravitational effects, while dark energy is considered a property of space itself.
  • One participant challenges the idea that dark matter is everywhere, asserting that it has a uniform distribution locally but varies on a global scale.
  • Another participant disputes the notion that dark matter could be a different type of gravity, stating that the idea does not make sense.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the nature of dark matter and its relationship to gravity. There is no consensus on whether dark matter can be considered a different type of gravity, and the discussion remains unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Some claims about the distribution and detection of dark matter are challenged, highlighting the complexity of the topic and the need for careful consideration of definitions and assumptions.

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Dark Matter is every where and always passing threw us right? It apparently hold everything in place in our universe. We know it there but can't detect it. We see the results, but we don't really see who's responsible. What If dark matter was basically a different type of gravity? And the universe was spinning to create this gravity.
 
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Kcookson251: Dark matter and dark energy are terms to describe effects that scientists have detected but don't have a good explanation for. They have been detected by their gravitational effects. Be careful about random speculation - the forum does not allow that and the mentors actively enforce it.

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Dark matter (is stuff) is not uniformly distributed in space and is detected by its gravitational effects. Dark energy is much more unknown and is thought to be a property of space itself.
 
kcookson251 said:
Dark Matter is every where and always passing threw us right?
It is not everywhere. It has a quite uniform distribution where we are, but not on a global scale.
kcookson251 said:
It apparently hold everything in place in our universe.
It does not.
kcookson251 said:
We know it there but can't detect it.
We can see its gravitational influence.
I can't see you, but I can see your posts. And I am quite sure you exist.
kcookson251 said:
What If dark matter was basically a different type of gravity? And the universe was spinning to create this gravity.
That does not make sense.
 
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