Dark matter / Dark energy

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>>8387200

95% of what exists is unknown. It's pretty exciting.

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>>8387200
>I cannot even find a fitting picture for this thread, because dark matter is not observable, but it is still here.

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They are valid, predictive models which describe a very wide range of cosmological observations. Just because there isn't an understanding of what they are on a fundamental level doesn't mean they cannot be tested. Love it or hate it Lambda CDM is consistent with the observations we have today, there's no grounds to dismiss it currently. For that we will have to wait for better observations (on the way, pic related) or a better model. For dark energy there are other models, but Lambda is the simplest. For dark matter it's hard to imagine a theory that could replace it.

>>8387217
Bullshit. Prove it.

Dark matter doesn't real

dark matter and dark energy are memes

It's just physicists stretching the truth and pushing nonsense in order to convince themselves they haven't wasted the last 30 years of their life without making any nontrivial discoveries, and to keep getting paid.

Physics has been at a complete standstill since the 70s. Computers have only refined our knowledge of what've already known, and to many people, that's an embarrassment.

The golden age of physics has long been past. We need serious technological advancement and a lot more money before we can start opening the doors to new areas of physics.

>>8387221
>posts luminous matter

>>8387200
>we, as human beings, have hit a wall in regards to our intelligence, something that we cannot surpass?

What makes you think dark matter is unresolvable?

>>8387506
>Physics has been at a complete standstill since the 70s.
Ah yes, I remember when we measured the CMB powerspectrum, detected the baryon peak in galaxy clustering, detected gravitational waves, created BECs and completed the standard model in the 70's.

Physics isn't dead.

>dark matter and dark energy are memes
Cheap dismissals are not science.

>>8387516
The blue is from gravitational lensing, not light.

>>8387533

>measured x
>detected y
>no significant breakthroughs in in over 50 years
>little progress since that time as well

nice try, buddy

>>8387553
>Physics has been at a complete standstill since the 70s.
>no significant breakthroughs in in over 50 years

You're just moving the goalposts. Nobody cares about your arbitrary criteria.

>>8387454
but it does barcelona :3