is dark matter dangerous

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draph91
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is dark matter dangerous

Post by draph91 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:38 pm

I've heard that anti-matter destroys everything it comes in contact with unless it's in the form of charged particles. what about dark matter?
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Re: is dark matter dangerous

Post by DCWhitworth » Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:21 pm

Quite the opposite. It doesn't interact with anything except through gravity. If it exists that is.
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Re: is dark matter dangerous

Post by chelle » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:04 pm

The place to learn about Dark Matter is Ethan Siegel's blog Starts With a Bang, he's an expert:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang ... rk-matter/

There's no danger 'an sich' with any matter, the danger comes in when you start messing things up.
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