Dark Matter constitutes 85% of the total matter in the universe

And yet we know very little about what it is or could be.

I personally think their is an undiscovered subatomic particle that could potentially explain some of its properties.

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SomeMichGuy · M

@QueenOfZaun

Ummm...there's a reason it is called "dark" matter.

And this is wrong (sorry for putting it here, I can't reply to that thread):

Also it’s important to note that just because we can’t directly observe it doesn’t mean it does not exist. For example we actually discovered the existence of black holes simply using mathematical equations. We never physically observed a black hole until about a hundred years later.

There were four objects initially predicted through mathematical solutions to Einstein's field equations: black holes, white holes, wormholes, and tunnels through hyperspace. Astronomers went looking for them.

Only black holes were found, in 1971, 55 yrs after Schwarzschild's solution.

Analysis of the other three predicted solutions showed that they were unstable solutions. Only black holes (term invented by John Wheeler) were mathematically stable.

Mathematical "discovery" of a proposed real object isn't a true discovery until it is confirmed via observation.

QueenOfZaun · 26-30, F

@SomeMichGuy

That’s not quite right.

Black holes were predicted to exist by Robert Oppenheimer through the Oppenheimer-Synder model in 1939. As it turns out, Oppenheimer’s math was correct. 30 years later we would find observable evidence of black holes.

“Mathematical "discovery" of a proposed real object isn't a true discovery until it is confirmed via observation.”

Yes. That’s why theoretical physics is called “theoretical” physics. It’s considered theoretical until we find direct observable evidence to prove it. 🙄