article_snippet: We find that when this happens, the dark matter does not get affected at all and the dark matter carries on unimpeded.
article_snippet: This implies that dark matter particles do not interact with dark matter particles, which would have caused dark matter to slow down.
article_snippet: Instead, it appears that while dark matter could interact ‘non-gravitationally’ with visible matter, this is not the case when the case interacts with the case.
article_snippet: While dark matter can’t be seen directly,
article_snippet: ‘Dark matter is similar, we can’t see Dark matter, but Dark matter pulls things around a bit.
article_snippet: If you hit your head against a wall of dark matter, your head would go straight through,’ explained co-author Dr Richard Massey from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology.
article_snippet: Dark matter is all around our own galaxy, all around Earth, and is passing through our right now, but Dark matter doesn’t have an effect on our.’ co-author Dr Richard Massey from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology
article_snippet: If you hit your head against a wall of dark matter, your head would go straight through,’ explained co-author Dr Richard Massey from Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology .
article_snippet: For example, dark matter bends light that passes through example, distorting images of distant space objects.