🧵 >dark matter
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:09:09 UTC No. 16227690
Why did they choose to stupidest name for it? They could have named it unknown matter or anamalous matter. What the fuck is "dark" matter supposed to mean? It isn't even dark.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:31:30 UTC No. 16227710
>>16227690
But some scientists think dark matter doesn't even exist. It's entirely possible there's a fundamental error in how we understand gravity. Dark matter has never been detected before yet its supposedly everywhere
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 01:03:51 UTC No. 16227750
>>16227690
It's not visible, so they called it dark. Not really rocket science here.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:01:22 UTC No. 16228021
>>16227690
It's a thing that has mass but isn't visible, so dark matter. It's not very complex.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:20:21 UTC No. 16228034
>>16227750
>>16228021
If it's not visible why'd they call it dark matter instead of invisible matter? A dark object is one that absorbs most light it interacts with. It could also mean there's simply a lack of light to illuminate the object. Regardless, the name dark matter implies the matter interacts with light.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:31:11 UTC No. 16228040
>>16228034
> the name dark matter implies the matter interacts with light.
No it doesn't it means the opposite of that.
> A dark object is one that absorbs most light it interacts with
Wrong. The word you are looking for is black.
Dark is a precise term, it means the matter does not interact with the electromagnetic force.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:34:40 UTC No. 16228043
>>16228034
>It could also mean there's simply a lack of light to illuminate the object.
That's just it. They did think it was just unlit stuff back a hundred years ago when the term got started.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:43:20 UTC No. 16228050
>>16228034
It's not invisible, but not visible. Especially when the term was coined.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:38:17 UTC No. 16228486
>>16228034
Because "invisible matter" sounds lame and gay.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:43:57 UTC No. 16228490
>>16227690
"unknown" and "dark" are synomous. being in the dark. opposite is also true. enLIGHTenment
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:13:44 UTC No. 16229120
The name comes from Zwicky, who observed that the dynamical mass in galaxy clusters was much more than the standard mass-to-light ratio. It was darker than standard, hence dunkle materie, dark matter. At the time he had no reason to suspect that it any unusual properties, or was indivisible. He suggest at the time it was just colder matter, like white dwarfs and low mass stars.