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Astronomy’s Stacy McGaugh explores how MOND explains the rotation of stars in galaxies

Media | September 22, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Gravity Breaks Here, and Nobody Knows Why

DemystifySci(podcast): Stacy McGaugh, professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed how he grew dissatisfied with the theory of dark matter and now supports the theory of Modified Newtonian Dynamics [MOND] to explain why celestial bodies like stars at the outer edge of our galaxy rotate at the same speed as bodies closer to the center of the galaxy.