Dark Matter

Accepted · 1933

Status: Accepted
Year: 1933

Summary

Galaxies and clusters move as though they hold five times the mass we can see. Zwicky found it and was ignored; Rubin's rotation curves made it undeniable. Its identity remains completely unknown.

Timeline

Matter–Radiation Equality The Dark Ages The First Galaxies Present Day Andromeda Arrives

Equations

Law of Universal Gravitation Second Friedmann Equation Critical Density Linear Perturbation Growth

Proponent

Fritz Zwicky Vera Rubin

Referenced by

equation

Critical Density Law of Universal Gravitation Linear Perturbation Growth Second Friedmann Equation

event

Andromeda Arrives Matter–Radiation Equality Present Day The Dark Ages The First Galaxies

researcher

Fritz Zwicky Vera Rubin

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