Tuesday, December 29, 2015

China's Dark Matter Satellite Sends Back First Data


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There’s a new player in the hunt for dark matter: China’s Dark Matter Particle Explore (DAMPE) satellite, which launched on December 17. Ground stations have just received the first data beamed back from DAMPE. With all systems fully operational, the satellite officially begins its three-year mission.


The planets, stars, galaxies and everything else that we see makes up just 4.9 percent of the stuff in the universe. Roughly 26.8 percent is dark matter. (The rest of the stuff — 68.3 percent — is…



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China"s Dark Matter Satellite Sends Back First Data

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