The Dark Side of the Universe Steve Eales Cardiff University

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• The Universe contains 200 times more matter than
  is contained in stars
• About 80 of this dark matter is not made up
  of the normal particles (protons and neutrons)
  that make up our everyday world, but is made of
  something else

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Rubbish !
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• The Universe also contains dark energy.
• This dark energy is making the galaxies
  accelerate away from each other.

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95 of the Universe is dark!
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