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ODIN device to allow scientists to detect low-mass dark matter using superfluid helium
Currently, dark matter detection requires specialized laboratories with costly equipment. ODIN, which combines principles of ...
BBC2 个月
Mass and weight
JAMES: Because mass is about the amount of matter, whereas weight is a force and is the heaviness due to gravity. ELLIE: Exactly. So let me tell you about the equation you need to calculate the ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1 个月
Gravity can exist without mass and dark matter could be myth, says study
However, scientists don’t see enough visible mass in many galaxies in the universe, yet gravity keeps such galaxies intact.
BBC4 年
States of matter - AQA Synergy
A piece of iron with the same dimensions as a piece of aluminium will be heavier because the atoms are more closely packed and each iron atom has much more mass than each aluminium atom.
National Geographic news1 年
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Perhaps one of the most surprising discoveries of the 20th century was that this ordinary, or baryonic, matter makes up less than 5 percent of the mass of the universe. The rest of the universe ...
BBC1 年
Mysterious dark matter mapped in finest detail yet
Although dark matter makes up about 85% of all mass in the Universe, it's extremely difficult to detect and defies a ready description. But dark matter influences the large scale structure of ...