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Ep 191: Science News 2: Dark Matter, Fusion, JWST Latest

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The Problem With Dark Matter

The Earth goes around the Sun as fast as it does because of the mass of the Sun. If you replaced our Sun with a black hole, we would not get sucked in - that's a common misconception. We'd just continue happily, orbiting the Sun at the same distance forevermore. At least 99.999% of the explanation as to why the Earth travels as fast asIt takes 365 days, no more, no less, to go around the Sun is because of the Mass of The Sun. This is also, by the way, if you replace the Sun as the all-powerful oracle or god or simulator,. whatever you want, if you were to replace Our Sun with a

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