Dark matter discovered

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Physicists have detected a particle of dark matter for the first time in human history, a number of U.S laboratories announced today.

Should the findings be confirmed it will have an Earth-shattering effect on our understanding of how galaxies form.

do you think messing around with this could cause the big bang 2?
 
a question..

why would it cause big bang 2?

dark matter isn't something destructive like anti matter and hasn't got much to do with the big bang theories. Other than there is more gravitation in the galaxy other than there should be.

Oh and source of info. Seeing as it is not visible how did they find it?
 
a question..

why would it cause big bang 2?

dark matter isn't something destructive like anti matter and hasn't got much to do with the big bang theories. Other than there is more gravitation in the galaxy other than there should be.

Oh and source of info. Seeing as it is not visible how did they find it?

It had an influence towards our cosmic evolution.
 
It had an influence towards our cosmic evolution.

yes due to gravitation, so the debris from the big bang wasn't spread out all over the shop, but clumped together. As far as I am aware it had nothing to do with the big bang or what caused it. so how would it now suddenly cause a 2nd big bang.

what mechanism or even theory links dark matter to the creation of a big bang.
 
In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is hypothetical matter that is undetectable by its emitted radiation, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter.[1] According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies, as well as Big Bang cosmology, dark matter and dark energy could account for the vast majority of the mass in the observable universe.

Dark matter is postulated to partially account for evidence of "missing mass" in the universe, including the rotational speeds of galaxies, orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters, gravitational lensing of background objects by galaxy clusters such as the Bullet Cluster, and the temperature distribution of hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.

I'm going to go ahead and post something interesting here.

According to the above, scientists have been using Dark Matter as a "Balance" for the missing mass of the universe and more often than not to do with gravity.

Basicaly this discovery means that a, it is no longer a hypothetical "something" that drives the universe but a deffinitite "thing".

Basicaly it's a scientific break through that could change, or at least solidify, our understanding of the creation of galaxies and how the universe as a whole works.



Also to answere Mats question after a few minutes of research no, it would not cause a Big Bang, Dark Matter is not some kind of super destructive galaxy creating substance, it's just matter.
 
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