Why Dark Matter Matters

Dark matter is that invisible nothing that makes up a bulk of mass in our universe. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory and other ground based observatories to closely examine the “Bullet Cluster,” astronomers are now able to tell us that hidden in the emptiness of darkness out in space is a passageway into our unworldly past and unfolding present. With the aid of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have determined that a clump of galaxies that must have formed over the most recent 100 million years is the result of a collision of two smaller galactic clusters. With gravitational lensing it has been discovered that the force of gravity is stronger in those void (dark matter) areas in space. It is the gravitational pull that keeps everything from flying apart. To some this is the clearest evidence that dark matter exists as a means to explain earlier and potentially new observations about the universe.

If you are confused, consider why dark matters. Astronomers have used dark matter for some 70 years to explain their observations about the way in which our universe behaves. Some believe that the universe is held together by a force that is even greater than mere gravitational pull on invisible matter. Less conjecture about dark matter is possible with a better explanation of how gravity affects matter in general.

Dark is understood to mean the absence of light. In reality it is much deeper than that. The space around us is naturally dark. It exists everywhere. Only “dark suckers” like light bulbs can replace dark matter (darkens). Supposedly all objects have darkness embedded within them, bound into the electrons of the surface material. All surfaces can then be thought of as a “host material” for darkness, holding back its own energy that is released when light hits it, making it reflective and heated. Surfaces can become so heated they can glow with incandescence. Cooling off is the dark being sucked back into the surface of the object.