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It is all around us; it fills the universe and yet we cannot see it, touch it or even define what it is. Astronomers the world over are still trying to explain this elusive presence in the Universe a presence with nothing except its weight to prove its existence. So far all it has is a name: dark matter.

In the last 100 years, an extraordinary amount has been discovered about the universe. It wasn¡®t until the 20th century that astronomers discovered that ours was not the only galaxy, but one of many. Later still we were able to use increasingly sophisticated telescopes that allowed us to see so far out into space that we can actually look back in time.

But this increased knowledge brings with it even deeper mysteries, as Professor Ostriker explains:

¡°Once we realized we could calculate the weights of planets and stars by measuring their gravitational pull, we started to realize that there was much more matter in the Universe than can be accounted for by the visible objects alone,¡± he said.

¡°There are elements  particles of some kind perhaps  that dont shine, dont react with anything and yet they exist in the Universe. It seems to be their gravity that is the glue that holds galaxies together.¡±

¡°More recently still, we have discovered strong evidence to suggest that alongside this dark matter is an even stronger component of dark energy, which dominates gravity and is causing the universe to expand at an ever accelerating rate. What this means for the future of this Universe is something we can still only guess at.¡±

 

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