In the 1980s, physicists favored dark matter over modified gravity because it solved more problems, fit established theories, and was independently testable.
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Why did the dark matter hypothesis supersede modified gravity in the 1980s?
In the 1980s, physicists favored dark matter over modified gravity because it solved more problems, fit established theories, and was independently testable.