Why This Universe?

1 - Why Are We So Sure About Dark Matter?

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Jul 13, 2020
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ANECDOTE

Ghost Story Anecdote

  • The restaurant owner shared a ghost story involving salt and pepper shakers flying off a counter.
  • This tale serves as a humorous parallel to claims with weak evidence like ghosts.
INSIGHT

Dark Matter Defined by Gravity

  • Dark matter is an invisible form of matter that doesn't emit or absorb light.
  • Physicists are confident it exists because it interacts through gravity.
INSIGHT

Zwicky’s Early Dark Matter Evidence

  • Astronomer Fritz Zwicky found galaxy speeds in the Coma cluster suggest 500 times more mass than visible matter.
  • This discrepancy was the first hint at dark matter.
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