Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Invisible Universe

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teacher Without the extra gravitational pull of dark matter, rapidly spinning galaxies would tear themselves apart and scatter stars across deep space.

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The glass ceiling shattered by spinning galaxies

teacher Vera Rubin's pioneering work in the 1970s provided the first robust observational proof that dark matter dominates spiral galaxies.

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Fun Facts

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Fun Fact

Dark matter abundance: Dark matter outweighs regular matter—the stuff making up stars, planets, and humans—by a ratio of five to one.

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Quizzes

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Which fundamental force of nature does dark matter definitely interact with?

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Which Swiss astronomer first used the term 'dark matter' in 1933 while studying the Coma galaxy cluster?

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What would happen to spiral galaxies if dark matter did not exist to provide extra gravity?

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Which galaxy did Vera Rubin and Kent Ford study in detail to find the first robust evidence of dark matter?

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Why is dark matter called 'dark' by astrophysicists?

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What did astronomer Vera Rubin observe in the 1970s that proved the existence of dark matter?

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What is the term for the normal, visible matter made of protons and neutrons that dark matter is NOT made of?

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Approximately what percentage of all matter in the universe is made of dark matter?

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Glosario

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Glossary

dark matter (noun)
A hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with light, detected only by its gravitational pull. In 1933, Fritz Zwicky first proposed this unseen material while studying the Coma galaxy cluster.

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Gossip

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Who is your favorite cosmic pioneer?

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