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La matèria fosca

Title
A simulation of the large-scale structure of the Universe that shows density filaments in blue and places of galaxy formation in yellow.
By
Xavier Luri, ICCUB [IEEC-UB]
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Language
CA
Area
Cosmology
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Què és la matèria fosca? Si no la veiem, com és que en podem parlar? Una revisió dels fonaments observacionals d’aquest concepte i l’estat actual del seu coneixement. La matèria fosca representa aproximadament un 80% de la matèria de l’Univers i és invisible als detectors habituals, i encara que la seva existència està àmpliament consensuada pels científics, no ha pogut ser encara detectada en laboratoris terrestres.

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