Unseen Forces: The Quest to Understand Dark Matter

A cosmic landscape, a canvas of deep indigo and swirling nebulae. At the heart of the scene, a swirling vortex of black and purple represents dark matter, its tendrils stretching out, warping the surrounding fabric of spacetime. Tiny, bright stars twinkle in the distance, illuminating the darkness. In the foreground, a lone astronomer gazes up at the sky, their silhouette silhouetted against the swirling vortex, holding a telescope that points directly at the dark matter. The scene evokes a sense of awe and mystery, highlighting the invisible forces that shape our universe. Rendered in a painterly style, with a soft, ethereal glow, the image should convey the beauty and mystery of dark matter.
Though it makes around 27% of the cosmos invisible, dark matter affects cosmic gravity and remains one of the biggest riddle in physics. From gravitational lensing to galactic rotation curves, this page travels across the evidence of its existence. One night at an observatory, where astronomers discussed how dark matter forms the universe, my interest ...
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