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by naasking 921 days ago
> The Bullet Cluster is a particular instance where we can actually "see" the dark matter flying around, in a way MOND couldn't hope to explain

This is not correct. In fact, LCDM can't even explain the Bullet Cluster [1]. The evidence is not so favourable to LCDM over MOND [2] when taken as a whole.

More recent observations on wide binary stars disfavour MOND more strongly, but the classic reasons you cite are not valid reasons.

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0381

[2] https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06936

Edit: See for instance what Milgrom said about the Bullet Cluster back in 2006:

http://astroweb.case.edu/ssm/mond/moti_bullet.html