Tag: grumpfy

• No, this new theory does not “cast doubt” on dark matter

  This Huxleyan vision of clean refutation buttresses one of our worst stereotypes about science. We tend to view science as a truth-seeking machine, driven by two forces that winnow error: the new discovery and the crucial experiment — prime generators of those nasty, ugly little facts. Science does, of course, seek truth, and even succeeds…

  Matthew R. Francis

  August 5, 2013

  Astronomy, Cosmology

  cosmic microwave background, dark matter, galaxies, galaxy clusters, gravitation, grumpfy, large-scale structure