What if dark matter is more complicated?
Episode Date: October 8, 2026Daniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!
849 episodes transcribedDaniel and Kelly talk about a particularly quirky theory of dark matter that Daniel is searching for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
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Daniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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