Tag: Dark Matter
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Zwicky’s Dark Matter Hypothesis
Introduction The concept of dark matter was first proposed by Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky in 1933. Observing the Coma galaxy cluster, Zwicky noted that the visible mass of the galaxies within the cluster was insufficient to account for the cluster’s observed dynamics. He suggested that much of the mass must be in some unseen form,…
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Dark Matter
Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that is thought to account for a significant portion of the total mass in the universe. Although it has not been directly observed, dark matter is inferred to exist due to its gravitational effects on visible matter, such as stars and galaxies, as well as its influence…