Sincere question, please, sincere answers.
Where does this dark matter fit into the equation? Everything has an opposite. Matter/Antimatter. Does this equation become a triangle?
2007-08-07 13:56:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Dark matter is not antimatter, rather a term used by cosmologists and astrophysicists to describe what is "missing" from the universe that we can detect.
The basic gist is that based on relativity and gravitational theory, the universe should have a certain total mass, to account for the speed and rate of expansion observed. However, what we can observe of the universe (visible spectrum, radio waves, etc.), only accounts for a portion of the total mass the universe should have. To account for the remainder that we apparently can't detect and which clearly is having a measurable effect on observable matter, scientists developed the concept of "dark matter", dark because it can't be detected by any means we currently possess.
2007-08-07 14:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by CB_E51crew 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dark matter is just normal matter that we cant detect. it has no relevance to antimatter. if there was an opposite to dark matter, it would be dark antimatter.
PS sometimes simple answers are the best ; )
2007-08-07 14:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by Fundamenta- list Militant Atheist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dark matter is though to be just a different kind of matter, but one that does not interact strongly with regular matter. Whatever particles it is made of would have their own antiparticles too.
2007-08-07 14:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋