Joleee@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe dark matter profile of the Milky Way inferred from its circular velocity curveacademic.oup.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkThe dark matter profile of the Milky Way inferred from its circular velocity curveacademic.oup.comJoleee@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareCosmicApe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoClicked 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
minus-squareKrudler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoThe “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.
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
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.