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Physicists spot a clear signature of dark matter
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The Hindustan Times
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April 17, 2008
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London, April 17 -- Physicists have claimed to see a clear signature of dark matter - the massive, rarely interacting particles that are thought to fill the universe.
According to a report in Nature News, the discovery was made by Rita Bernabei, a physicist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics.
Dark matter is believed to make up 85% of all the mass in the Universe. But unlike regular matter, such as protons and electrons, it rarely interacts with its surroundings and thus has never been spotted.
So far, physicists and astronomers have only been able to gauge its indirect ...