Does Dark Matter Really Exist? Whats Your Thoughts?

Question

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/21/dark.matter/index.html

The Link is to CNN news concering this dark matter

Answer 1

Well my daughter is decended from Barnes Wallis so there Verne!

It could; well actually if we are to include black holes then I definately think so.

Some of it though could just be a mathematical shadow (so to speak) to compensate for a lack of knowledge as to how space and gravity works. i have said on another forum that galaxies like ours may have an angular aspect to the available gravity. As demonstrated by the spiral shape which to me looks like a drain whirl. Einstien thought that space would be warped by massive objects and that this warp would drag around a massive spinning object. My thought is that this is what is happening in our galaxy around the massive black hole thought to be in the centre. These 'arms of gravity' have given a bias to the matter that forms the spiral arms we see. in fact once there is any bias to gather in one spot rather than another then a mutual effect between the stars themselves will tend to enhance the effect. I am saying that gravity in our and many galaxies has an angular component that has not been considered. This means that gravity perhaps should not always be calcuylated for on radius from centre alone or on direct distances either. The galaxy could well be a rotating gravity wave where the intensity of the gravity depends on wheather you are looking at a peak or trough. Therefore gravity could be 'felt' further than it "should"in a conventional sense.
This could mean that a lot of dark matter could actually be conduited gravity from a black hole due to space warping.

Sorry I have been too long.

Answer 2

I just heard today that scientists have proven that dark matter exists. The evidence is due to an observation of two colliding galaxies and the fact that the gas clouds, which comprise most of the non-dark matter couldn't account for the fact that the galaxies were more effected than the gas clouds. And why not? Science doesn't know everything and scientists are always discovering new things.

Answer 3

No I don't believe in dark matter. Such matter is needed by current theories to agree with the observations. I think the flaw is in the theories. Physics in general has a big problem with gravitation and the mass of observed particles. Gravination does not fit with any of the grand unification scheme. Physics must stay grounded meaning some theories in physics defy common sense too much that I have a hard time with them.

Answer 4

Without thinking scientifically and just using my common sense, a scar like charred material always develops after an object burns down. My theory is dark matter develped after the Big Bang. How we can prove that theory, I have no Idea.

Answer 5

the math says that SOMETHING has to make up the missing mass and yes we use the term DARK MATTER to describe it ( what was the purpose of the link -that i didn't click- are you looking for a 15 year old to discredit current theory - if so i'm sure you will find one on this site?)

Answer 6

Absolutely. After a survey of my progeny, the grandchildren of a rocket scientist (my Dad) our answer is, "Absolutely". Hey, how many kids & grandkids of von Braun's rocketeam members answered you? Worth ten?
for what it is worth, my father spent many hours trying to explain it to me, circa 1970's. I still don't get it. But, he was absolutely the most amazing man you could ever know.
And he believed in dark matter, and in Jesus Christ as the sole pathway to heaven. amazing, and true.
Dark matter does exist.

Answer 7

i do no longer understand. i'm hoping the vast Hadron Collider will let us know greater in the subsequent 3 hundred and sixty 5 days or so. One threat is a great-symmetric version of the neutrino stated as the Sneutrino.

Answer 8

yes but of what type (& you forgot dark energy) is unsure; it could be a combination of gravitational fluccuations both sub-atomic and inter-galactic in scale as well as sunk into blackhole type singularities scattered throughout the Universe and its possible parrelel dimensions/universes; or maybe a "simple" amendmant to the present laws of gravity is needed to fully explain it..

Answer 9

Sounds like a Republican, Democrat, who shot JFK, 911, no moon landing, conspiracy to me.

But, there has to be SOMETHING out there. Maybe its GOD?

Answer 10

of course... if you go into a closet with no light you will experience dark matter...