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What is dark matter made of?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

This is not known. All that is known about dark matter is that it has mass. Searches are underway to try to work out what it is.

The existence of dark matter was learned rather recently, and its composition is still being speculated, hence the name. There are several theories about what dark matter may be made of.

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