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‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter?

‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter?

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Scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely transform our understanding of the universe

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For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark
matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but
the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know
about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects
it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a
step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to
Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely
transform our understanding of the universe. And Dr Samuel Eriksen,
senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and first
author of the research paper, explains how the finding has been
received in the physics community. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod