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Dark matter identified? Scientists searching for mysterious hypothetical particle may soon have an answer

 

By Strange Sounds

Scientists may be closing in on solving the mystery of dark matter, a hypothetical, nonluminous material that is believed to comprise a large majority of the mass in our universe, in new research that may link it to the existence of a hypothetical subatomic particle.

Among the primary questions scientists have about dark matter is what it could be made of. However, new research by an international team of astrophysicists proposes a possible candidate, meaning that this elusive cosmic material might be detectable in the form of a glow emanating from certain kinds of stars.

The research, conducted by astrophysicists at the universities of Amsterdam and Princeton, suggests that dark matter, which presently is believed to constitute around 85% of the matter in the universe, could be composed of hypothetical particles known as axions.

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