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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Wtf is dark matter. There’s something out there that makes gravity not work the way we expect on a very large scale, and “dark matter” is a theoretical substance that makes the math work out properly. But the fact that such a huge portion of the galaxy’s mass is this hypothetical, undetectable thing makes it seem very hand wavy. The last experiment to try to detect dark matter that I’m aware of concluded with “we successfully didn’t detect anything” 😞 having to deal with dark matter feels like trying to study atoms before the discovery of the neutron. I hope we figure this out in my lifetime.