There are two types of missing, or “dark” matter: baryonic (made of normal matter) and non-baryonic. Have we finally found the normal stuff?
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Back in the 1930s, Fritz Zwicky postulated the existence of dark matter. No one took it seriously until Vera Rubin’s work: 40 years later.
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There were many similarities, but also some profound differences.
When a whoopsie-daisy just won’t cut it.
Our state of extreme social interconnectedness has rapidly accelerated the rollercoaster pace at which societal confidence may collapse.
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Mounted on horses and armed with unique, powerful bows, the archers of Genghis Khan inspired terror wherever they rode.
“I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by.”
We’re separating the facts about EVs from the fiction.
All stars, eventually, run out of fuel and die. Given all the stars we can see and the vast distance to them, are any of them already dead?
The hunt for the elusive particles continues.
