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A missing ingredient in dark matter theories?
In 1933, Fritz Zwicky, observing the Coma galaxy cluster, noted that single galaxies were moving too fast for the cluster to remain bound, according to the measure of visible mass. Only a far more significant amount of invisible matter could explain the strong gravitational force... click to read more
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Mar 31, 2021
Is dark matter lighting up the sky with X-rays?
Eighty-five percent of the mass in our Universe is the mysterious substance named dark matter. Besides giving it a name, however, we know little else about it. How can we claim we know dark matter exists if we can't even see it? Through gravity. Just... click to read more
Views 1285
Reading time 4 min
published on Mar 2, 2021
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