Exploradio Origins

Exploradio Origins: The Moon as a Dark Matter Detector


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We all enjoy the moon on a clear night, but what if it could do more for us? Glenn Starkman, professor of physics at Case Western Reserve University wonders if the moon could be a detector for dark matter--the stuff that causes the extra gravity needed to hold galaxies together as they spin. It turns out that finding it is….hard. “For a long time people have thought that dark matter was particles that would fly through matter, but another possibility is that dark matter comes in really big
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Exploradio OriginsBy Kellen McGee