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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Congress must curb the misuse of emergency declarations and prevent unchecked growth of regulatory dark matter during crises.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Rubin wasn’t the first scientist to theorize about dark matter.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
This would mean that dark matter was created much earlier than scientists previously thought.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
While physicists are hunting for dark matter in the laboratory, astronomers have their own strategies for looking for evidence of dark matter in deep space.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Rubin wasn’t the first scientist to theorize about dark matter.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
This would mean that dark matter was created much earlier than scientists previously thought.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
While physicists are hunting for dark matter in the laboratory, astronomers have their own strategies for looking for evidence of dark matter in deep space.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Dark matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark%20matter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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