Dark Matter

Jess Lewis Our universe contains millions of galaxies of all different types, but what they all have in common is rotation. Galaxies spin around their centre of mass at hundreds of kilometres per second, but these speeds are not what scientists expected. These galaxies were rotating at speeds so...

The first instalment of Impact’s ‘Lunchtime Science Lecture’ series took place last Wednesday and was titled ‘Into the Dark Side’ and was given by Professor Anne Green. In her talk Professor Green explained how dark matter (her field of research) is, in her opinion, the most likely theory to...