(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) in Depth: Dark Matter

Topic: Dark Matter

Topic Description:

It is common knowledge that dark matter makes up about 80% of the universe's mass but what is not known is exactly what it is or how it came to be. Now, adding to its mystery, a new study reveals that the elusive matter may have existed even before the Big Bang.

The study revealed a new connection between particle physics and astronomy. If dark matter consists of new particles that were born before the Big Bang, they affect the way galaxies are distributed in the sky in a unique way. This connection may be used to reveal their identity and make conclusions about the times before the Big Bang too..

The latest study has been conducted by a physicist Tommi Tenkanen at the Johns Hopkins University in the US..

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