Galaxy Geometry Reveals No Need for Dark Matter
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Galaxy Geometry Reveals No Need for Dark Matter |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-04-28 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | dark matter, galaxies, gravity |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Galaxy Geometry Reveals No Need for Dark Matter" is an article by David de Hilster published on 28 April 2019 on Beyond Mainstream, with a companion video on his Dissident Science channel.
De Hilster notes that both galaxies reported as lacking dark matter share one feature: they are spherical, and the stars at their edges move as Newton and Kepler predict. He argues the explanation lies in the geometry of gravitational fields rather than in any missing substance — a spherical galaxy acts as a point mass, while a disc does not, so the anomaly that dark matter was invented to explain is a consequence of shape.