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Article: DARK MATTER IN OUR UNIVERSE IS 'JUST RIGHT' FOR LIFE

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December 5, 2008
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London, Dec. 05 -- (ANI): A new model by a scientist has determined that the amount of dark matter in our Universe is 'just right' for life to emerge.

According to a report in New Scientist, the total amount of dark matter, the unseen substance thought to make up most of the mass of the universe, is five to six times that of normal matter.

This difference sounds pretty significant, but it could have been much greater, because the two types of matter probably formed via radically different processes shortly after the big bang.

The fact that the ratio is so conducive to a life-bearing universe "looks like a tremendous ...

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