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Okay, let̢̢̮ââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s talk about the facts. That molecular hydrogen has been found to be distributed through space is a fact. That molecular hydrogen can account for the missing mass in the bullet cluster (and other galaxies) is also a fact. You could even call it Dark Matter, though it would actually be simply virtually transparent matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gravitational Lensing only requires gravity; gravity is a result of mass; molecular hydrogen has mass. Therefore molecular hydrogen could cause Gravitational Lensing just as easily as mystical unseen matter. Why not believe the one that actually has scientific proof? You have faith in an unseen particle, but will not open your eyes to scientific proof. :shame:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are pretty severe flaws with this line of thinking (have you ever studied astrophysics?). If you bothered to actually look at what the Bullet Cluster is, you would find that the bright part of the cluster is your molecular hydrogen. Molecular Hydrogen photodissociates when exposed to intense radiation (UV radiation or higher). The collision in the Bullet Cluster has caused all the gas in the clusters to heat up and emit x-ray radiation, dissociating all the molecular hydrogen around it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 'Dark Matter' can't possibly be molecular hydrogen because the x-rays emitted from the cluster are more then powerful enough to dissociate molecular hydrogen. If the dark matter was molecular hydrogen then we should see at the very least, the outer layers of the 'Dark Matter' consisting of neutral hydrogen (which is radio-visible).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even if you want to ignore the above, it still doesn't explain the lack of tracer elements (CO is commonly found around molecular hydrogen) which can be detected. Another problem is that a collision of this magnitude should cause any Giant Molecular Clouds to collapse from the collision emitting density waves. This collapse would cause star formation and further dissociation of molecular hydrogen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know that molecular hydrogen itself is invisible, but is there any evidence to show that Giant Molecular Clouds are invisible? We can detect these clouds by detecting tracer elements and also detecting increases in interstellar reddening correlating to increased lensing. The influence of passing galaxies and galaxy clusters should also cause these clouds to collapse into nebulae, however this doesn't occur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm̢̢̮ââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ look up about 3 lines̢̢̮ââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ There you go. What part of ̢̢̮ââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅPh.D. in Physics from Laval U.̢̢̮ââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ
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