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DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY

INTRODUCTION 'Matter' when we go out we see trees, buildings, cars, motorcycles, etc... We are surrounded by matter Everywhere. Stars, planets, galaxies everything is matter. All this visible matter is just about 5% and the rest of it is dark matter and dark energy. All we experience is just a tiny bit of a fraction of the universe. But the thing is that we don't much about this dark matter and dark energy. To say what we know about this dark matter and dark energy is actually what it is not. We don't know what it is made up of and how but we know its effect on gravity and light.  DARK MATTER Our universe constitutes of planets, stars, galaxies they all have gravity but their gravity is not strong enough to hold them as they are. They are held by something which is strong enough to hold them together and cannot be seen doesn't emit or reflect light, what holds them is Dark matter. Dark matter is everywhere, it is scattered across the universe but we cannot see it un...