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ajmcgill t1_iu0v39v wrote

Reply to comment by EightEqualsEqualsDe in Major breakthrough in cancer research: Papers reveal 'dark matter' that contributes to disease's growth by Ezekiel_W

You’re confusing dark matter with dark energy. Dark energy is what’s causing the universe’s accelerating explanation

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Sagebrush_Slim t1_iu21fd5 wrote

Is that like this big dick energy and tiger blood I hear the whippersnappers talking about these days?

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imadethisaccountso t1_iu4ps08 wrote

I am not a lawyer but i thought mass and energy were related somehow

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imafraidofmuricans t1_iu4vn0w wrote

"Dark" in astronomy and physics just means "we don't know wtf this is but the math says there is something".

Dark energy to cover the expansion, dark matter to cover why galaxies are more massive than they "should " be.

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