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The Search for Dark Matter
This film, from Twig World, looks at the work of scientists, deep underground in a disused mine in Yorkshire, searching for particles that can't be seen and have never been detected, but might bind our Universe together.
The key points made in the film are:
•Dark matter is believed to make up about 85% of the mass of the Universe
•Dark matter particles interact very rarely with other matter, making them hard to identify
•Experiments designed to detect dark matter are conducted underground, where there is less interference from cosmic rays
•The Boulby Underground Laboratory is located in North Yorkshire, in an old potash mine over 1000m deep
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Satellite path 477.24 KB
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Stars 185.94 KB
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Telescope 76.19 KB
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The Milky Way 81.02 KB
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The Moon and Earth 130.44 KB
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Black hole 169.2 KB -
Hubble space telescope 94.14 KB
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Satellite path 477.24 KB
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Space shuttle Atlantis 158.27 KB
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Stars 185.94 KB
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Telescope 76.19 KB
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The Milky Way 81.02 KB
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The Moon and Earth 130.44 KB
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