dark matter
noun
: nonluminous matter not yet directly detected by astronomers that is hypothesized to exist to account for various observed gravitational effects
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The black holes would cause this dark matter to vibrate like a bell rather than dispersing.
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
Such regulatory dark matter is not reliably cataloged and archived.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
One of Euclid’s primary goals is to observe dark matter and dark energy.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Dark matter will have bent the light from the most distant galaxies over time, so scientists could work backward from Euclid’s observations to find out where that dark matter lies.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
Such regulatory dark matter is not reliably cataloged and archived.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
One of Euclid’s primary goals is to observe dark matter and dark energy.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Dark matter will have bent the light from the most distant galaxies over time, so scientists could work backward from Euclid’s observations to find out where that dark matter lies.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Dark matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20matter. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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