Difference between revisions of "Observational Basis for Dark Matter"

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Question	Links to Possible Answers
1. How can we be sure dark matter exists?	Gas Observations Galaxy Rotation Curves Ordinary Matter
2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter?	MACHOs, WIMPS
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-==Dark Matter Matters==
+==Background Information on Dark Matter==
-===It Really Matters===
+===Questions on the Web===
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+|1. How can we be sure dark matter exists?
+|[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html Gas Observations]
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves]
+[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter]
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+|2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter?
+|[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPS]
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