Researchers have turned NASA’s Parker Solar Probe into a dark-matter detector - Upgoat

Researchers have turned NASA’s Parker Solar Probe into a dark-matter detector
submitted by Spaceman84 to Space 1 dayApr 29, 2025 18:28:59 ago (+3/-0) (physics.aps.org)
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/91

[ - ] Cantaloupe 2 points 1 dayApr 29, 2025 19:56:56 ago (+2/-0)

Yeah we got this here bag of dark matter, no you cannot see it, but trust us bro - it's there.

Anyhow we need some funds for our - ah research

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 1 dayApr 29, 2025 21:38:52 ago (+1/-0)

pssst...Hey,wanna' buy a bag of dark matter? shhhh!

[ - ] Prairie 0 points 1 dayApr 29, 2025 21:32:04 ago (+0/-0)

Really. It's detecting something that's just theorized to be there because it makes the calculations work.

[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 1 dayApr 30, 2025 03:57:22 ago (+1/-0)

Dark matter is to astronomers as cholesterol was to the sugar doctors of the 1970s