Sunday, 20 April 2025

Dark Matter: One of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the universe


I am sure you have definitely heard of normal matter but have you ever stumbled across the word dark matter.
If you have, then you must have wondered what it is.
Let me simplify this for you.
Dark Matter is a hypothetical form of matter. Dark Matter does not interact with light and hence, it is invisible. 
It is present in the form of clumps around galaxies. 
We don't know what it is or what is it made of because we cannot see it. However, dark matter forms a significant 28.8% of our universe.
All we know is that dark matter is not made of protons, neutrons and electrons like the matter we know about us. 
We also don't know if it interacts with normal matter or not, but if it does, the interaction is really weak.

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