BY: Joshua Pittman
Space has always
been one thing that humans have tried to observe and make sense of.
One of the recent trends among scientists around the world is trying
to invent various methods in order to understand more about dark
matter as well as present it in a visible form for study and
experiment purposes. According to scientists, 27% of the known
universe is Dark Matter. So what is dark matter, you ask? For
starters it is not any of the visible stars or planets or even in the
form of normal matter or antimatter. There are many things that it
is not and it is commonly suggested that it is made up of exotic
particles, but one thing is certain and that it is there even though
humans cannot visibly see or capture it.
Researchers at MIT have recently
invented a tool that they confirm will modify a particle accelerator
to perform the tests necessary to see if dark matter takes the form
of a photon-like particle that has “mass”. This experiment will
also help find two particles that dark matter may decay into.
The study of dark matter will be an
important if not historical for our species in order to learn more
about the vast new frontier known as space and this study may as well
help with future travel through the stars including ways to one day
reach warp travel so that the ability to study other planets with our
own eyes will one day come.
Here are a few links pertaining to dark
matter:
“A NASA Chief Weighs In On Possible
Dark Matter Discovery” (article)
An online article explaining what is
Dark Matter and Dark Energy (article)
“MIT has built a dark-matter hunter
out of a modified particle accelerator” (article)
A Lesson by James Gillies-Dark Matter:
The matter we can’t see
Michelle Thaller talks about dark
matter
I have always been interested in the existence of materials beyond our solar system. Dark matter or dark energy poses to be a popular topic amongst scientists because it is not visible, composes about 68% of the galaxy, and is detected by baryons which are read through the clouds. being a descendant of the big bang according to most scientists, this matter of energy has been detected to be in the far outreaches of our galaxy. It will be interesting to see the effect that dark matter has as it continues to traverse systems. How will our solar system interact with dark matter? Apparently, over 100 million years ago our solar system in its prestages interacted with another system composed of dark matter. Nevertheless, many spectators do not want scientists to confuse dark matter with invisible energy. Although there are many detailed accounts, one must bring to the forefront, are we waisting our money and energy researching the wrong information? Dark holes for example, pose to be an even bigger threat to our system than dark matter, but is rumored to be thousands of light years away.
ReplyDeleteI have always been interested in dark matter. I gained a lot of insight from this article on the subject.
ReplyDeleteGreat Article ! Even better videos. I personally believe life exist not just on earth.
ReplyDeletewow this was really interesting, Ive never really thought much on dark matter but because of this I really want to start looking into it.
ReplyDeleteI thought this going to be weird but it was actually cool though. Great post!
ReplyDeleteUntil now I didn't have a good understanding of Dark Matter. This program gave a good in depth tour of it, while explaining in a highly detailed manner.
ReplyDeleteI would have never known about Dark matter if it hadn't been for this article. Thanks for the insight, I'll be sure to share it with others.
ReplyDeleteThis is very new to me, and pretty jarring to the mind. I would like to see this information looked into by the geniuses in the white lab coats because sometimes digging too deep you'll find something you don't want to know! Nice post.
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