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Dillon Adkins

Eric Ratica

4 Microsoft Applications

February 19 2016

Dark Matter

Do you believe there is a dark entity holding our lives together. That dark entity is dark

matter. Space is a black lifeless place. However really it is filled with matter. Dark matter, dark

matter is the matter that cannot be seen but we know it is there. This research will show you that

it is real and is out in the universe. Dark matter is invisible to the naked eye.

Dark matter can only be seen using gamma rays that show it to us. Certain galaxies that

emit gamma rays allow us to know and see dark matter. It might not seem like it but more than

80% of the universe is made of dark matter. In our visible universe only around 20% of all

matter is seen. And all the planets, suns, and galaxies we can see we can never reach in our

lifetime. “A universe dominated by dark stuff seems preposterous.”(NASA) But its not it is very

plausible.

We also know the dark matter exist because all of the density in the universe could not be

held together by the gravity in the universe. And as NASA says “We’ve closed this loophole

about gravity. And we’ve come closer to seeing the invisible matter.”(NASA) Meaning that the

dark matter in the universe is holding our lives together. This means there could be thousands of

more periodical elements to find and discover. Some do not consider man-made elements as real

elements but in other worlds the conditions could be right to make it.
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The first theory was created by a Swiss astronomer named Fritz Zwicky. He noticed that

some galaxies were falling apart by some unseen space. Other astronomers have backed up this

claim by showing they are going to fast to be some other form of mass.

Black matter is a mysterious interesting thing in the heartless part of our universe. It

might not thought to be important but it is holding the world together. And to find this invisible

matter.
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Works Cited

Nasa. Nasa Finds direct proof of Dark Matter. 21 August 2006. web. 17 Febuary 2016.

Nilcolson, Ian. Dark Side of the Universe. Dark Matter,Dark Energy, and the Fate of the

Cosmos. Baltimore: THe Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Print.

Roberts, Sanders H. The Dark Matter Problem A Historical Perspective. Cambrige: Cambrige

University Press, 2010. print.

Sample, Ian. Dark matter detected. 1 May 2010. web. 17 Febuary 2016.