Can anyone relate dark matter in the universe with how our daily lives are run?

Answer 1

NO,

We don't know what dark matter is so we can't relate it to anything. All you can say is that it is proof that science doesn't know everything.

Dark Matter and Dark Energy are “fudge factors” used to account for something we don’t know or understand; namely that most of our universe is missing. When you add up the weight of all the stars and other objects we know of we are below by a factor or 4! I mean our answer is 4X as wrong, as it should be.

The big bang happened 13.7 billion years ago, it was a super explosion and just like an explosion the matter blown out should slow down and stop. However, it isn’t slowing in fact it is increasing in speed. The Universe is still blowing itself up in the original explosion of the big bang. When you look at the physics you see that for this to happen we are missing a large portion of the universe.

Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity called for at least 11 dimensions, modern string theory calls for 20 or more. Those dimensions can’t be empty, dark energy and dark matter may be what matter in a higher dimension is.

We only know of 4 dimensions; length, width, depth and time. The classic example of dimensional understanding is the novel “Flatland.” In it a poor 2D creature is visited by a 3D creature and can’t understand it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland).

The area of a circle is much smaller than the area of a sphere, the area of a 5D sphere; a hyper-sphere would probably have even more area. If we can only see the circle then we can’t understand the sphere. Upgrade it by one dimension and we can’t see an unknown amount of matter, upgrade it by 11 or 20 dimensions and now you see why we are off by a factor of 4. There has to be something up there in those higher dimensions and we don’t know what it is.

We used to think that the missing matter may be hiding at the bottom of black holes, and recently we discovered that super massive black holes lie at the center of most galaxies, including the Milky Way; our galaxy. But, although there are a lot of black holes, a whole lot more than you think they still don’t explain where all that matter is.

The problem is that gravity is a function of mass so when we calculate the rotational speed of an object and the weight of that object we get a very good idea of the weight of what it is orbiting around. We know what makes up stars; we know how much it weighs and the mass of a star because of our understanding of our sun. So we can calculate the mass of a galaxy. Introduce a fudge factor of 10% and you will account for the planets, increase it to 40% to account for all the planets, the gas, the asteroids, the comets, and whatever else is roaming around in space. Then you get a pretty close answer, but when you are off by a factor of 4 something critical is missing and it isn’t found in planets and dust.

Since we can calculate the approximate weight of the universe and we know the age of the universe then we should be able to… No we can’t and the error is huge enough that we don’t see it as a simple math error. Extra mass and energy hidden in higher dimensions that we can’t see could be an answer for why most of our universe is missing.

Answer 2

I do not see any immediate relationship.

The serach for dark matter (and also energy) has been focused on MACHO's and WIMP's (Weakly interacting massive particles).

There is another category, added (with tongue in cheek) called DUNNOS, which are Dark, Unknown, Nonvisible, Nonreflecting, Objects, Somewhere. This actually well sums up the knowledge of dark matter and energy.

About 10 days ago Yahoo news had an item about a new series of detectors being built by several nations. It was evident from this article alone, just how little was known on the subject (except most astronomers, physicists, etc) agree that 95%+ of the universe is "missing". With this amount of doubt is so many areas, it would be hard to confidently relate this back to our everday lives.

PS - dark energy is NOT vacuum energy.

Answer 3

"Dark matter" is really an unfortunate term. It makes people think of some kind of invisible black dust. I am beginning to think "mystery meat" would be a better term.

But it got that name because it is undeniably real and present, but it resists efforts to characterize it in any direct way. Its presence can be detected only by its gravitational effect.

So it's mysterious. It's not black, or invisible. But it is mysterious. Breakthroughs are expected. In the meantime, its most obvious effect is, as one answerer noted, to remind us that we don't know about 1/12 of everything yet.

Which in the long run is a good thing.

Answer 4

Many theorize that dark matter is the glue that holds the universe together. So, without it, we couldn't go about our daily lives.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

dark matter is a stupid theory which is supposed to explain why the laws of gravity do not operate on the level of galaxies.

Science cannot stand a lack of answers just like nature abhors a vacuum. Both find something to fill the void.

Answer 7

Dark matter isn't exactly a topic you connect with everyday life.

Answer 8

maybe it's called depression or a nervous breakdown

Answer 9

No way possible.