Do Dwarf Galaxies Favor MOND Over Dark Matter?

Courtesy ScienceDaily Mon, 04/07/2008 - 16:00

A detailed analysis of eight dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way indicates that their orbital behavior can be explained more accurately with Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) than by the rival, but more widely accepted, theory of dark matter.

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