Earth Might Have Hairy Dark Matter

Earth Might Have Hairy Dark Matter Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2015 - The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prezeau of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, or "hairs." Dark matter is an invisible, mysterious substance that makes up about 27 percent of all matter and energy in the universe. The re ... more

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