What Would the Universe Look Like if There Was No Dark Matter?

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If there were no dark matter, we wouldn't have the collection of ordinary stuff that became our galaxy and we wouldn't be here to wonder about it. So whatever dark matter is, it's helped collect all the atoms and scattered ingredients to make us. I'm actually not quite sure what would happen if all the dark matter suddenly disappeared. Here we are. Breathing, living, loving and crying,. having good days, eating cheese for dinner and farting into pajamas watching TikToks of ear wax removal. It's a beautiful life. Dark matter, thank you. Never leave, probably.

It’s invisible. It’s mysterious. It’s all around us – and no one knows what it is. Let’s have a fun existential crisis by pondering Dark Matter! The world’s most affable and endearing theoretical particle physicist, Dr. Flip Tanedo of UC Riverside, makes the Large Hadron Collider, Higgs bosons, and neutrinos make sense. Also: Star Trek, space ghosts, vintage insults, supernovas and more. You’ll leave with a newfound wonder and the desire to read physics journals for the secrets of life.

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