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    There is perhaps no current problem of greater importance to astrophysics and cosmology than that of "dark matter". The controversy, as the name implies, is centered on the notion that there may exist an enormous amount of matter in the Universe that cannot be detected from the light that it emits. The evidence of dark matter is from the motions of astronomical objects, specifically stellar, galactic, and galaxy cluster/supercluster observations. The basic argument is that if we measure

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    Dark matter and dark energy are some of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe, sparking interest in many astronomers and physicists today. Although we haven’t yet found any way to directly observe either dark matter or dark energy, scientists have been able to see it’s effects and confirm the existence of these abstract forces. First of all, dark energy and dark matter are not as similar as you may think. They both are extremely difficult if not impossible to detect and very little is known

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    Dark Matter and Dark Energy Dark Matter and Dark Energy are important. They can help us know how the universe began. These two are the mysteries of the universe; they compose about 90% of the universe. They are mysteries because we believe that they exist but we can’t see them or detect them. People question whether they manifest to be the same thing. Astronomers know very little about their constitution so they cannot assume they are related. Dark Energy is a mysterious force that drives

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    Dark matter is the idea of unseen matter in the universe that affects the gravitation and mass of varying objects, such as stars and galaxies. Dark matter is hard to see and find because unlike matter, it does not reflect or emit light. It also does not affect the electromagnetic fields in the universe (CERN 1). Dark matter can either be “hot” or “cold.” “Cold” dark matter means when the big bang occurred it was not moving fast enough to affect the formation of galaxies. Dark matter can also be “hot

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    Dark Matter: The Number One Mystery in Our Universe Dark matter is a mystery in astrophysics that could not be explained until the 1970s. Even now, with the understanding of space we have, cosmologists do not know a plethora of knowledge about dark matter. Dark matter is non-baryonic matter that cannot be detected in normal ways and was not discovered until the 1930s, but is one of the main components of our universe. Dark matter makes up about 27 percent of our entire universe (Dark Energy, Dark

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    Dark Matter – First Draft In the scientific community, many ask what forces drive the shaping of galaxies and the universe. This question is difficult to answer because physicists realized there was missing mass when they were looking at galaxies in the universe. Galaxies simply could not exist without accounting for additional mass. However, scientist Fritz Zwicky theorized a solution for this problem in the 1930’s (Basak). He used the abstract idea that this missing mass could be accounted for

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    Does Dark Matter Exist

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    Dark matter, the unsolved mystery has become a focal point in current research. Scientists have inferred that 5 percent of the universe is made of ordinary atomic matter (stars and galaxies), 72 percent is made of dark energy and 23 percent is made of dark matter [1]. Ordinary matter is easily detected as it emits or reflects light but dark matter is an invisible entity so how do we know it even exists? Fritz Zwicky was one of the first astronomers to suspect the existence of dark matter through

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    Investigation of Dark Matter Introduction Throughout the years, scientists have been looking for the missing mass of the universe; it has yet remained an unsolved mystery. Using different methods, scientists have tried to determine the mass of the universe and surprisingly found a discrepancy suggesting that ninety percent of the mass of the universe is nowhere to be found. Then here comes the term “dark matter”, referring to this unfound matter of the universe

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    Light Vs Dark Matter

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    Did you know that we have a Dark Matter in the Galaxy? The world we see and are familiar with comprises of Ordinary Matter. Everything made out of particles is viewed as Ordinary Matter. Typical Matter makes up of five percent of all matter. So what makes up whatever is left of the ninety-five percent? Dark energy makes up approximately seventy percent of our universe while Dark Matter makes up the last a quarter century. What is Dark Matter? Dark Matter is the main clarification we have for why

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    Dark matter is a very mysterious concept and scientist are not sure what it is . Dark matter is a substance that we do not know exactly what it is. Dark matter is something that is matter but is invisible to the best machines.Some of them are x-ray telescopes and dark matter is too cold for the machines to see. Can you believe that you can't see dark matter with our technology? Dark matter makes up more precinct then all the matter on the periodic table. Matter on the periodic table only makes up

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