So dark matter is dead ?

[einsteinsdog]

A recent issue of a major astronomy magazine says that dark matter is dead , replacing it with an equally mystical theory ,... so who is right ?

[Robb Phoenix]

Can you mention which magazine and give a link to the site, i have'nt read anything like it yet.

[einsteinsdog]

The magazine is the BBC Sky at night for September this year , the site is www.skyatnightmagazine.com
This is not an advert !! Its more theory than anything

[mibn2cweus]

I haven't read nor seen the article in question but from what I can gather, I'm not dressing for a funeral just yet

[dot.hawkes]

no, Darth Vader, tut, people get so mixed up

[Louisa 69]

matter is matter so it has to exsist does it not???

[zig_zag]

when we get sucked in by it we'll all be dead einsteinsdog
these things do exsist
its been scientifificaly proven

[dot.hawkes]

ziggy have you scientifificaly deleted that crap ID?

[jake-the-peg]

This wouldn't be to do with neutrinos would it?

This idea has been around since the 70's but has been gaining ground recently.

A neutrino or anti-neutrino in produced every time a photon is. There are a lot of photons in the Universe!

There are reasons to believe that the neutrino might not actually be massless as we normally consider it to be but might have a really, really tiny mass.

Now we've not managed to measure a mass this small but there are 3 types of neutrino, the normal one the muon and the Tau. If they have mass they should swap identity - like a strange quick change routine -it's called mixing or oscilation .

Is it anything to do with that?