The Fifth Element - The Mystery of the Universe's Missing Mass (Open Humanities)

Author: Klaus / Yang Jianjun
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The exploration of dark matter is one of the most important topics in current physics. The authors guide us on a journey of dark matter exploration in plain and easy-to-understand language. There is now conclusive evidence that more than 90% of the mass in the visible universe is composed of matter that cannot be observed by telescopes. The gravitational effects of this "dark matter" determine the evolution of all celestial objects we see—galaxy clusters, galaxies, and stars. Research on dark matter will help us understand the fate of the universe and the formation of all observed structures.