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Cosmology

The evidence for dark matter

Flat rotation curves (M = v^2 r / G), cluster speeds (M = 3 sigma^2 R / G), lensing and the background's ripples all weigh more matter than shines; Omega_m = 0.315 against Omega_b = 0.049 means about 84 percent of matter is not made of atoms.

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