Jun. 08, 2012

Dark Matter vs. Aether

by Sean Carroll

Probably the biggest single misconception I come across in popular discussions of dark matter and dark energy is the accusation that these concepts are a return to the discredited idea of the aether. They are not -- in fact, they are precisely the opposite.

cosmology, dark matter, physics, aether, theoretical physics, dark energy

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