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[-] Ticklemytip@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Can someone explain like I'm 30 something and have no clue what any of that means?

[-] Dieterlan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The Milky Way is spinning. It's spinning wrong based on the stuff we see. So, scientists think there must be stuff we can't see making it spin that way. Some scientists have drawn a picture of what it would look like if we could see the stuff.

[-] CosmicApe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Clicked link hoping for picture of stuff we can't see, got words instead. 0/10 would not look at again

Edit: on second thought, article delivered exactly what was described verdict changed to 10/10 would recommend

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The "dark" in dark matter means we can't see it or detect it, Even though we can "see" the effects of it.

While scientists search for what the answer can be, it's just called dark matter as a placeholder.

"Dark matter" is a stupid and misleading name. The fact is we have no idea if it's even matter.

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