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woolley | 12:10 Fri 18th Jan 2002 | How it Works
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What is dark matter made of?
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No-one knows. It is a hypothesis put forward to explain the "missing" mass of the universe. Whatever it is must be pretty massive, though. Large particles, Higgs bosons, toffee...your guess is as good as anyone elses.
12:55 Fri 18th Jan 2002
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There are basically 2 theories currently in vogue "WIMPS" and "MACHOS" (no kidding!). WIMPS are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles - essentially lots of stuff with which is very hard to detect, something like Neutrinos, but bigger. MACHOS are Massive something or other Halo Objects, but I'm not sure what they're about.
04:17 Sat 19th Jan 2002
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There is an article on Answerbank answering your question - just click article 2705
12:50 Mon 21st Jan 2002
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Both answers boil down to its out there, its heavy and we don't know what it is. Giving it an acronym doesnt explain it. I still think toffee is a good guess.
14:42 Mon 21st Jan 2002

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