Role of Dark Matter in the Universe

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Most of us are tricked into thinking that dark matter is just something that takes up space and has mass that is dark. However, dark matter is not even dark, it is invisible. Though, dark matter does have mass, known as invisible mass. 

Dark matter is important because it helps the movement of galaxies and dust throughout space. Furthermore, dark matter takes up around 27% of content in the universe through mass and energy. Why is it important? Well, for one it helps drive the acceleration and energy of the universe that attracts cosmic entities. 

On the other hand, dark energy repels cosmic entities and approximately takes up 68% of the universe. Also, it is speculated that dark matter is the reason to which the universe is distributed the way it is. As it likely emerged from the beginning of our universe and through the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). As the name goes there is no particularly strong connection between the two particles and as the product is dark matter, they do not emit any light either. 

Instead, they destroy and produce gamma rays. All in all, dark matter is majorly responsible for the organization of the universe, interactions between galaxies, and holding up 95% of our universe’s content. 

Without dark matter, all forms of life, planets, solar systems, galaxies, and our universe would all fall apart.

References

Dark energy and dark matter. Dark Energy and Dark Matter | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. (n.d.). http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/dark-energy-and-dark-matter