Scientists have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the first time - UPI.com
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More than 100 years after its existence was predicted, scientists report that they have, for the first time, seen dark matter.
    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      24 days ago

      They’re seeing gamma rays from suspected dark matter collisions—that’s actually more substantially accurate than I was expecting.

      • towerful@programming.dev
        9·
        24 days ago

        To clarify, that’s the collision of 2 dark matter particles.
        Not the collision of a dark matter particle and something else.

        researchers report that they have detected the invisible scaffolding based on gamma rays that result from the collision and resulting annihilation of two dark matter particles.

        So, that’s 2 particles of this unobservable (or, difficult to observe) matter interacting with eachother in an observable way.
        Very cool

    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
      8·
      24 days ago

      After reading the article I would call it interesting but very far from settled. Your doubt is properly placed 🤣

  • neutronbumblebee@mander.xyzEnglish
    6·
    24 days ago

    Extra high energy particles too. So next time we get hit by secondary particles from a cosmic ray we know what’s to blame. On the other hand the planet might not all be here without the extra gravity from dark matter so it’s still all good. Radiation induced Cancer is horrible but having a decent sized planet is a definite plus