Dark Matter
by: Cristina B
Dark Matter
~ dark matter cannot be seen through a telescope
~ the universe is 26.8% dark matter
~ dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in modern astrophysics
~ its invisible and we cannot detect it
~dark matter used to be called missing mass
~ dark matter is an invisible substance composed of many different atoms
~ you can’t see dark matter
~ scientists have only detected dark matter very few times
~ dark matter doesn’t shine or reflect
~ astronomers can’t see dark matter but they infer its exsitence from many things like galaxy clusters~ dark matter is all around us but we just can't see it
ghostly ring of Dark Matter
Dark Matter Clumps
Dark Matter and Gas
Dark Matter
Dark Matter layout
this was picture was taken to help find the density of dark matter
picture links
~http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030814.html
~http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sounding-rockets/missions/CIBER-4.html#.VT7JjYE8KK0
~http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950902.html
~http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/news/dark_matter_ring_feature.html
~http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/great20101206-i.htmlbibliography
~NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
~"Astronomy Picture of the Day." APOD: 2003 August 14. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
~NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.