Composition of the universe: uOttawa study challenges existence of ‘dark matter’ [Video]

The University of Ottawa (uOttawa) is challenging the current theoretical model of the universe that suggests it’s made of “normal matter, dark energy and dark matter.”

According to a uOttawa new study, the universe has no room for dark matter. 

“In cosmology, the term ‘dark matter’ describes all that appears not to interact with light or the electromagnetic field, or that can only be explained through gravitational force. We can’t see it, nor do we know what it’s made of, but it helps us understand how galaxies, planets and stars behave,” the university explained in a news release on Friday.

The new discovery “challenges the prevailing understanding of the universe, which suggests that roughly 27 per cent of it is composed of dark matter and less than five per cent of ordinary matter, remaining being the dark energy,” uOttawa adds.

What led uOttawa to reach the new conclusion?

The university says its physics professor at the Faculty of …