The universe has thrown two major puzzles to scientists: the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Dark matter is an invisible substance that makes up 27% of the universe and affects space through gravity. Despite its presence, dark matter's composition is still unknown, and scientists have proposed various theories, including the existence of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) and a mirror world of dark particles. Dark energy, on the other hand, is an inseparable part of space that occupies 68% of the universe and causes it to expand faster and faster. The nature of dark energy determines the end of the universe, and scientists are working to solve this mystery.
The video discusses the history of our understanding of the universe, from the debate over whether the Sun or Earth revolves around each other to the current understanding of the universe's structure and composition. The video also explores the potential implications of dark matter and dark energy, including the possibility of dark planets and stars, and the potential for a new understanding of the universe's ultimate fate.
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1. The Sun rotates with the Earth around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
2. The Milky Way and about 50 of its neighboring galaxies revolve around an invisible center of gravity in the local group of galaxies located inside the Virgo supercluster.
3. The Virgo supercluster is part of a larger structure called the Supercluster of Laniakea.
4. The Great Attractor is a region of space that is pulling our galaxy and many others towards it.
5. The Dipole Repeller is a region of empty space that is pushing our galaxy and many others away from it.
6. Voids are large empty regions of space that are separated by networks of galactic threads.
7. The largest structure of galaxies, superclusters, and stars is called the Great Wall-Hercules-Northern Crown.
8. The universe is made up of 10 billion light-years of galactic filaments linked together.
9. Dark matter is a type of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect electromagnetic waves, making it invisible to us.
10. Dark matter is scattered unevenly throughout the universe, with some regions having up to 10 times more dark matter than others.
11. In our galaxy, there is twice as much dark matter as visible matter.
12. Dark matter surrounds the Milky Way with a huge sphere.
13. Dark matter attracts visible matter, causing it to move faster than it should.
14. The Standard Model of particle physics does not account for dark matter.
15. Scientists have proposed the existence of WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) as a possible candidate for dark matter.
16. WIMP particles are thought to be slow and heavy, and could be detected through their interactions with other particles.
17. The Large Hadron Collider is being used to search for WIMP particles.
18. The Sun is thought to be accumulating WIMP particles in its core.
19. Neutrinos are particles that are produced by the annihilation of dark matter in the Sun's core.
20. Scientists are using underground and underwater telescopes to detect neutrinos produced by dark matter.
21. Some theories suggest that dark matter could be made up of dark protons, dark electrons, and dark photons.
22. Dark energy is a type of energy that is thought to be responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
23. Dark energy is different from dark matter and is thought to be a property of space itself.
24. Dark energy is thought to make up 68% of the universe's total energy density.
25. The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate due to dark energy.
26. The nature of dark energy is still not well understood and is the subject of ongoing research.
27. The expansion of the universe is thought to be driven by dark energy, which is causing space to expand at an accelerating rate.
28. The universe's expansion is not slowing down, but rather speeding up due to dark energy.
29. The apocalypse, or the end of the universe, is now studied in radio observatories rather than in church schools.
30. The nature of dark energy determines what the end of the universe will be.