Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos.
巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会在宇宙中产生“气泡”。
An equally intriguing possibility is that dark matter interacts with dark energy.
同样引人入胜的是暗物质有可能与暗能量相互影响。
Dark matter is an invisible form of matter that accounts for most of the Universe's mass.
“暗物质”是一种以不可见的形态存在的物质，它构成了宇宙的大部分质量。
Dark matter. Nobody knows what it is, but it's thought to make up a quarter of the universe.
暗物质，没有人确切知道它到底是什么，但它被认为占了这个宇宙物质的四分之一。
Dark matter requires the existence of particles with properties unlike anything else we have discovered.
暗物质需要某些粒子的存在，这些粒子的属性不同于我们已发现的任何粒子。
Dark matter might be a result of us not quite understanding how gravity works.
暗物质可能是我们无法完全理解重力是如何起作用的一个结果。
Dark matter is studied in part by examining hot gas clouds like this one.
对暗物质的研究在某种程度上依赖于考查类似的热气体云。
Dark matter may seem exotic, but cosmologists regard it as the essence of simplicity.
暗物质可能看来奇特，但是宇宙学家将其视为简单的要素。
We've had all kinds of surprises: dark matter, dark energy, inflation, things like that.
我们有过各种各样的惊喜：暗物质，暗能量，宇宙膨胀，诸如此类的事情。
And dark matter: that mysterious stuff we can't see but that clearly affects ordinary matter.
而暗物质是一种我们看不到的神秘物质，却明显能对普通物质构成影响。
These mysterious substances are called dark energy and dark matter.
这些神秘物质称为暗物质与暗能量。
Dark matter is especially tricky to find because of its dark nature.
由于与生俱来的“黑暗”特性，使得暗物质非常难以被发现。
What is dark matter, dark energy, gravity?—stem
什么是暗物质，暗能量，重力？
If so, this could hint at the nature of dark matter.
如果情况确是这样，这就可能暗示暗物质的性质。
It will look for evidence of dark matter "annihilations" in space.
它将寻找暗物质在太空“湮灭”的证据。
We've been searching for dark matter for decades now, but we still have no idea what it might be.
几十年来至今，我们一直在搜寻暗物质，但是，还是不知道它有可能是什么。
Dark matter: this generally refers to "exotic" non-baryonic matter that interacts only weakly with ordinary matter.
暗物质：这一般是指“外来的”非重子物质，与普通物质只有较弱的的相互作用。
Therefore, they make the perfect candidate for cosmic dark matter.
所以它们是宇宙暗物质的理想候选者。
But scientists say most of the universe is composed not of stars but of dark matter.
但是科学家说，我们的宇宙并不是由星星组成的，而是暗物质构成的。
This could help them positively identify the particles thought to make up dark matter.
这样就能帮助他们确认所谓构成暗物质的粒子。
Dark energy is possibly even more baffling than dark matter.
暗能量大概要比暗物质更让人无头绪。
Just last week, the first possible direct evidence was announced for dark matter halos around early quasars.
在上周，第一份可能是早期类星体周围的暗物质环的直接证据刚刚公布。
Meanwhile, Nasa's Fermi space Telescope is taking a different approach to try to pin down dark matter. It will look for evidence of dark matter "annihilations" in space.
同时，美国太空署的费尔米太空望远镜也在使用不同的方法试图确认暗物质(的存在)。它将寻找暗物质在太空“湮灭”的证据。
暗物质究竟是什么？
Many scientists think dark matter might even be hiding right under our noses here on Earth.
许多科学家甚至认为暗物质就藏在我们的鼻子底下，地球上就有暗物质存在。
Could this explain the observed speeds of the stars and galaxies without dark matter playing a role?
这可以不需要借助于暗物质的作用来解释观测到的恒星和星系的速度吗？
When the impact happened, the dark matter in the clusters also collided.
当撞击发生时，星团中的暗物质也发生碰撞。
Because dark matter cannot be seen astronomers detected its presence through indirect evidence.
由于暗物质不可见，天文学家们采取了间接途径来测知它的存在。
Because dark matter cannot be seen astronomers detected its presence through indirect evidence.
由于暗物质不可见，天文学家们采取了间接途径来测知它的存在。
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