by SeedsofEarth » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:40 am
While the theory of dark matter may not as of yet have been proven, I believe there is enough extenuating evidence to support such a theory. Take for instance gravitational lensing. The fact that there are images in the archives of galaxies stretched into a circular or arc-like pattern by the powerful gravitational forces of something intervening between the "stretched" galaxy and our point of observation indicates incontrovertibly that something is causing this anomaly, and the only force we are aware of that can do this is gravity, and gravity only manifests itself in the presence of mass. Since we cannot see that mysterious mass, it is deemed to be invisible, or “dark” meaning that it does not interact with photons (does not reflect them), but it does influence them by deflecting them, meaning that it has mass. What we see is the deflected light, bent around the invisible mass, or dark matter. I stand with you, Geckzilla on this. I find the idea of dark matter to be an intriguing and challengin one, like its sibling dark energy. I am glad scinetists are persuing this theory, and until something better comes along, we must continue to try and understand it.
While the theory of dark matter may not as of yet have been proven, I believe there is enough extenuating evidence to support such a theory. Take for instance gravitational lensing. The fact that there are images in the archives of galaxies stretched into a circular or arc-like pattern by the powerful gravitational forces of something intervening between the "stretched" galaxy and our point of observation indicates incontrovertibly that something is causing this anomaly, and the only force we are aware of that can do this is gravity, and gravity only manifests itself in the presence of mass. Since we cannot see that mysterious mass, it is deemed to be invisible, or “dark” meaning that it does not interact with photons (does not reflect them), but it does influence them by deflecting them, meaning that it has mass. What we see is the deflected light, bent around the invisible mass, or dark matter. I stand with you, Geckzilla on this. I find the idea of dark matter to be an intriguing and challengin one, like its sibling dark energy. I am glad scinetists are persuing this theory, and until something better comes along, we must continue to try and understand it.