A baryonic alternative to exotic dark matter, with dated predictions and independent empirical validation.
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Core Claim
Time is not a fundamental, global backdrop. It is an emergent, local property of interacting information structures. Gravitational time dilation — normally treated as a passive kinematic effect — actively shapes the distribution of cold baryonic matter over cosmic timescales. The "missing mass" in galactic halos is ordinary matter concentrated in regions where time runs slower.
Empirical Validation
Prediction (2025)
Short-timescale microlensing (t<1 day) from halo PBHs
✓ Confirmed — Phoebe event (Key et al. 2026)
Prediction (2025)
Time is emergent from local entropy, not fundamental
✓ Confirmed — Barontini (2026), Univ. of Birmingham
Pending Tests
Roman Space Telescope — 50–150 short-timescale events/yr predicted
Rubin Observatory (LSST) — >10,000 isolated substellar objects within 100 pc
JWST — Near-zero metallicity halo objects