Scientists at Durnham University found first signs that dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity, suggesting that dark matter may have a bigger role in the universe than what was thought before.

It is generally believed that dark matter comprises the entire universe’s mass and it’s what keeping the stars and the planets in their respective galaxies. Its substantial impact may be seen through telescopes as it bends light around galaxies that results to “gravitational lensing”, or the creation of starlight ring.

The scientists at Durnham University have spotted an uncommon curvature in one of the rings that suggested that a cluster of dark matter is out of alignment with its respective galaxy which show that a force other than gravity is hindering the dark matter from settling in its correct placement.

According to Dr. Richard Massey of the Institute for Computational Cosmology in Durnham University, if the dark matter’s movement slows down, this action maybe the first evidence that it may probably be interacting very weakly with clouds of gasses and other particles that the rest […]