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Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Context of General Relativity
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What is the primary evidence for the existence of dark matter?
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The rotation curves of galaxies
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The rotation curves of galaxies show that the outer regions of galaxies rotate faster than expected based on the visible mass of the galaxy. This suggests that there is a large amount of unseen mass, or dark matter, in the outer regions of galaxies.