Dark matter: How new telescopes might help us find it

Dark matter: How new telescopes might help us find it

Dark matter makes up a large proportion of galaxies like the Milky Way, but scientists are still figuring out what it is. New telescopes like the Rubin Observatory could help astronomers find dark matter. Image Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/ SLAC/ NSF/ DOE/ AURA/ B. Quint. Dark matter makes up about 85% of the universe’s matter, but cannot be seen directly. Researchers have found possible dark matter hints, but the evidence is not yet conclusive. …