Environmental Science Research
Exploring Dark Matter: The mysterious natural force shaping our entire universe.
Think of the universe as a giant ocean. Regular matter—the stars, planets, and people—is like the foam on top of the waves. Dark matter is the deep, invisible water underneath that actually moves everything.
It does not reflect light or heat. We cannot see it, but we know it's there because its gravity pulls on everything else.
Without dark matter, galaxies would simply fly apart. It acts as a natural net that keeps billions of stars together.
Even though it sounds like science fiction, it is a massive part of our natural environment. Scientists discovered it by noticing that galaxies spin much faster than they should. Something invisible must be adding extra weight to keep them from breaking.
If you weighed everything in the universe, the "normal" stuff we can touch and see would only be a tiny fraction. The rest is made of things we are still trying to fully understand.
In this simple breakdown, you can see that Dark Matter makes up 27% of the universe. This is significantly more than all the stars and planets combined (which is only 5%).
Dark matter is 100% natural. It is not a technology, and it wasn't built by anyone. It has existed since the very beginning of time.
Natural Origins: It formed during the Big Bang. It is the original building block that allowed the first galaxies to form in space.
Can we make it? No. Humans cannot produce dark matter. It doesn't interact with our tools or electricity. It passes through our hands and through the Earth without stopping. Because we can't "touch" it or "catch" it, it remains impossible to create in a laboratory.
The following links point directly to established scientific archives and focus areas regarding Dark Matter research.
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