What implications for missing matter/dark matter?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6240611.stm

Answer 1

I think the true implication is that we are still pretty clueless about what the universe is made of and how it works.

And I don't think of them as missing... just that we don't know what they are or know how to detect them.

Answer 2

Well, there's two different types and one of them has two or three subcategories.

The bad thing about dark matter is that although scientists pretty much know nothing about it, what they do know leads them to the conclusion that dark matter is pretty dangerous.

Some think it could be a link to the aether...the energy "field" that lies between dimensions.

If we could find out a way to punch a hole into the aforementioned aether, we could accelerate our ability to explore and colonize space or even find a way to create a rift or tunnel through time.

If you're interested in this topic, do a search for the CERN project. THAT is what's going to pop that hole and since no one even knows what's on the other side, it could potentially be the end of things as we know them...in a bad, bad way. Especially considering that there's no way to contain anti matter (or shadow matter/dark matter) on the scale to accomodate the collider.