Try wrapping your brain around this one. I am trying to unravel mine back. What if matter wasn’t made up of atoms as we have been taught? That includes humans. New experimenets in physics around dark matter are leadng to new theories. Only one-fifth of matter is made up of atoms.
Howard Baer, Florida State University’s J.D. Kimel Professor of Physics, is studying dark matter. Dark matter is believed to exist in the form of tiny particles that do not interact with light. Great! We have particles in us and around us that have absolutely no interaction with light. So how do we know they exist? We don’t exactly. These little particles don’t emit or reflect electromagnetic radiation these dark matter particles haven’t been directly observed. So what we have is a theory (although research is on its way to prove the theory correct) that dark matter particles exist based on their gravitational effects on visible matter throughout the universe. One more puzzling phenomena for the physicists to ponder.

What I wonder is what does dark matter do? What is its purpose? Of course atoms are mostly space, but it sounds like there are things in that space. Doing what, though?