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What hold dark matter?

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Hiennguyengp2047

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

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Dark matter is theorized to exist throughout the universe. Nothing really "holds" it other than its gravitational attraction to all other mass.

In another sense, nothing CAN hold dark matter, because the only way it interacts with normal matter is through the gravitational force. You can't just put it in a bottle and expect it to stay there, because it doesn't interact (or interacts only very, very weakly) with normal matter, so it will slip right through.

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