Physicists say a second Big Bang could have created dark matter

Two physicists at the University of Texas suggest dark matter is so elusive and mysterious because it has an entirely different origin to that of the Big Bang. They believe a second cosmic explosion may have occurred weeks after the initial formation of the universe.

Hump day is the perfect time for a large dose of existentialism. So, how’s about we get stuck into the incomprehensible subject of dark matter.

The general cosmological theory, is that dark matter and dark energy could make up as much as 85% of the known universe — the only problem, is we can’t observe its existence directly. Thought to be composed of particles that do not reflect or emit light (hence the name), our forages using electromagnetic radiation have to-date been fruitless.

This chasm of frontier knowledge has existed for 100 years of obsession and frustration. What little we have gleaned, through mathematical calculations and visible reactions with the universe’s known matter, is that this ghostly wonder does in-fact exist, probably.

If you want to really delve into the experiments and peer back through the…