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cold dark matter
cold dark matter (CDM) A particular type of
non-baryonic matter that, according to some theories, is created in the early stages of the Big Bang and survives to the present time in sufficient numbers to contribute significantly to the present density of the Universe. The term ‘cold’ signifies that these particles move at speeds much less than that of light, usually because they are heavy. There are many possible candidates for cold dark matter, such as
axions,
photinos, and primordial (low-mass) black holes. Evidence for the existence of cold dark matter has come from recent observations that show the overall amount of
dark matter in the Universe is roughly 50 times greater than the amount of matter contained in stars. Other observations show that roughly 80% of this dark matter is non‐baryonic.
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Dark matters under discussion at Trinity College
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times; 7/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...rate. This is caused by dark matter's even more mysterious...flakier business than dark matter. We really have no idea...approach to practical matters should be informed by...he insists that dark matter has a great deal to teach...
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'Dark Matters': Sci-Fi Minus The Gray Matter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of his undernourished new play, "Dark Matters," certainly has a "Twilight Zone...them back to their planet. When "Dark Matters," being staged by Source...from Mars. Allusions are made in "Dark Matters" to a disturbance that is...
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Dark Matters
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 11/29/2006; ; 600 words
; Dark Matters By Roberta Aguirre-Sacasa Rattlestick...AguirreSacasa's last Manhattan outing, Dark Matters is also based on a totally true...has picked up that tune, though he sets Dark Matters a long way from Tipperary. In rural...
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New York City: close encounters.(Dark Matters, a play written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...monsters, ghosts and bogeymen.) But as Dark Matters unfolds, looking very well-made...unknowable? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dark Matters revolves around Bridget Cleary...a spaceship. But he does describe Dark Matters as more probing than his previous...
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Dark Matters.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 11/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; Dark Matters (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater," 99 seats; $40 top) A Rattlestick...Marvel A certain amount of ambiguity seems appropriate for a play like "Dark Matters," which advances the notion that aliens from outer space have landed...
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UI MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBITION 'DARK MATTERS' WILL BE SHOWN JAN. 20-APRIL 15
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/12/2007; 598 words
; ...Center for the Arts issued the following news release: "Dark Matters: Max Klinger's Print Cycle 'On Death' and Other...Flaubert. The exhibition continues its exploration of "Dark Matters" into the 20th century through works by Paul Klee...
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GUEST CURATOR WILL PRESENT 'DARK MATTERS' GALLERY TALK ON MARCH 30
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/16/2007; 597 words
; ...gallery talk on the UI Museum of Art (UIMA) exhibition "Dark Matters: Max Klinger's Print Cycle 'On Death' and Other...which will be on view at the UIMA through April 15. "Dark Matters" presents a selection of more than 30 prints and drawings...
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Dark Matter Battle for Nobel Prize: Roles of Harvard, University of Chicago.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 10/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...mysterious invisible substance, dubbed dark matter, that greatly outweighs visible...after 24 years of world-wide dark matter research. The second dark matter...Drexler posits are stragglers from dark matter relativistic particles orbiting...
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Dark Matter Radiation, Predicted in Drexler's 2003 Book, Testable When NASA Probes Dark Matter Web's EUV and UV.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service; 1/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...form determined by the gravity of dark matter and can be traced by galaxies and...cosmic web," the filamentary dark matter structure that appears to connect...built. It consists primarily of 'dark matter,' mysterious stuff that makes...
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Dark Matter Tops MOND and Creates an Accelerating Cosmos, Cosmic Web, Inflation, Cosmic Rays, Top-Down Galaxy Formation.
News Wire article from: AScribe Science News Service; 7/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...entitled, "Phantom menace to dark matter theory." This MOND gravitational...April 22, 2005, "Identifying Dark Matter through the Constraints Imposed...our bodies is essential to life. Dark matter racing through the universe at...
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Dark Matter
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Dark Matter Resources Dark matter is the term astronomers...throughout the universe have confirmed that dark matter does not pervade space uniformly or form...holes supply invisible mass and count as dark matter. Another proposal maintains that multitudes...
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dark matter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...simulation problems. Unlike cold dark matter, which has mass but...velocity. See also interstellar matter . Bibliography: See R. Morris...Galactic Halos, Cold Dark Matter and the End of Time (1995); T. Van Flandern, Dark Matter, Missing Planets, and New...Black Holes and Other ...
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cold dark matter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
cold dark matter ( CDM ) A particular type of non-baryonic...There are many possible candidates for cold dark matter, such as axions , photinos , and...holes. Evidence for the existence of cold dark matter has come from recent observations...
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hot dark matter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
hot dark matter A particular type of non-baryonic particle that, according to some theories, is created in the early stages of the Big Bang...
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dark
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...atmosphere; in this form used by the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–73) in his novel Paul Clifford (1830). See also all cats are grey in the dark at cat , cold dark matter , darkest , a leap in the dark , a shot in the dark .
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