Experts believe some 80-percent of the universe could be made up of a mysterious substance called dark matter.
Unfortunately, the quest to finally observe dark matter is hitting a wall.
Simply putwe need more particle colliders.
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The development of particle colliders has been one of humankindsmost expensive scientific endeavors.
However, they havent produced much in the way ofpracticalresults.
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Hows that work?
The big idea involves particle collisions.
How particles interact when they collide gives us an idea of how the big picture the entire universe works.
for measure particle interactions, scientists force them to interact in an environment they can control.
They also want to build colliders for different types of particles including muons and antimatter.
Thats where the excitement comes in for scientists pursuing the theory of dark matter.
Whys this so important?
Today, solving that particular puzzle would come with a slew of Eureka!
headlines and, in a few months, the general public will have forgotten all about it.
Its not that dark matter itself is valuable (though, who knows, right?).
The gist is that we currently have an incomplete model.
In short, thats when the magic really starts.
On the one hand, theres so many otherpracticalthings we could put hundreds of billions of Euros into.
