▲ 840 ▼ James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 298 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lath@kbin.earth 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I thought we may have found dark matter already, but we lack the ability to measure it and confirm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) We noticy it's effects on baryonic matter, but have no known way of detecting dark matter itself. It's a bit like how a fisherman can know that there is a large fish in the pond by the giant splashes and ripples in the water, but he can't catch it because it has zero interest in any lures or bait he uses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Now that there is an understandable analogy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) We noticy it's effects on baryonic matter, but have no known way of detecting dark matter itself. It's a bit like how a fisherman can know that there is a large fish in the pond by the giant splashes and ripples in the water, but he can't catch it because it has zero interest in any lures or bait he uses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Now that there is an understandable analogy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Now that there is an understandable analogy. permalink fedilink source parent