Space program

[NomoneyNohoney]

It was just a few years ago that we confirmed the existence of dark matter, and we would not have done so without the space program.

I saw the above in an article, and wondered what benefits the space program brought, to confirming dark matter exists. Anyone know?

[AleisterCrowley]

Just a guess - the Hubble Space Telescope?
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagega ... e_827.html

[ReformedCharacter]

I saw the above in an article, and wondered what benefits the space program brought, to confirming dark matter exists. Anyone know?

I'm not an astrophysicist but I don't think that the existence of dark matter has been confirmed, merely that more evidence points that way. I may have missed some recent news though.

A year ago, the Chinese launched the Dark Matter Particle Explore (DAMPE) satellite:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Matt ... e_Explorer

Then there's the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gam ... _Telescope

And probably plenty more.

RC