Dark Matter Matters More Now?

Just stumbled across this and wondered what people think.....?

news.bbc.co.uk...

If this is the "stuff" and it does exist then what does that mean?

Remirah

well, i honestly thought that something would've been said on this?????

Remirah

Hi, Remirah. I saw that item too. Actually, there have been a few earlier 'sightings' of dark matter; see the following BBC news items (this news was also widely reported elsewhere):

Team finds 'proof' of dark matter

Hubble makes 3D dark matter map

Do these 'sightings' confirm that dark matter exists? Can regard the reality of dark matter as proved? I'm not so sure. These are faint, distant images we're looking at; the tarted-up pictures we see on news and science web sites look nothing like the original images or data. It could well be we're seeing something else, and that dark matter does not exist. There may be another explanation entirely for the surprising dynamic behaviour of galaxies.

For an interesting discussion on dark matter, dark energy and the possible limits of human knowledge, I recommend this article by Richard Pannek.

cheers.

i'll be reading up for a bit now.

Remirah