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Can someone explain the dark matter hypothesis?

Asked by Bill1939 (10759points) August 17th, 2015

I understand that the rate that stars at the edge of galaxies rotate is too fast for black hole’s gravity alone to prevent their escape, and therefore it is suggested that the existence of dark matter could explain why this is so.

Do stars rotate on straight line from the center to the edge of a galaxy?

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