5 years ago
A New Candidate for Dark Matter and a Way to Detect It
Two theoretical physicists at the University of California, Davis, have a new candidate for dark matter, and a possible way to detect it. They presented their work June 6 at the Planck 2019 conference in Granada, Spain, and it has been submitted for publication. Dark matter is thought to make up just over a quarter of our universe, with most of the rest being even-more mysterious dark energy. It cannot be seen directly, but dark matter’s presence can be detected because its gravity determines the shape of distant galaxies and other objects.
Continue Reading
https://www.ucdavis.edu
Join the Discussion