Why Do We Keep Looking For Dark Matter?
About 20% of the matter in galaxies is visible. The other 80%, referred to as “dark matter”, remains mysterious and unseen. In fact, it may not exist at all. “Dark matter” is just a hypothesis. But watch the video to learn why we still keep looking for it. Author: Gauri Sharma (SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Western Cape) Professor Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy) and Professor Glenn van de Ven (UniVie, Austria) co-authored this article. Republished from an article by The Conversation with permission from Gauri Sharma. Original article: https://theconversation.com/we-dont-know-if-dark-matter-exists-so-why-do-astronomers-keep-looking-187656 Title: We don’t know if dark matter exists. So why [See More…]
