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IAL Physics Unit 5

What are dark matter and dark energy ..Please explain the difference
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Dk matter: doesn't absorb or emit EM waves. (there was a clear defination in one past paper.Sorry I forget which one excatly...)
Dk energy: negative-pressure,enegry which acclerate the expansion of universe.

wikipedia:
Dark matteris a type of matter in astronomy and cosmology hypothesized to account for effects that appear to be the result of mass where such mass cannot be seen. Dark matter cannot be seen directly with telescopes; evidently it neither emits nor absorbs light or other electromagnetic radiation at any significant level.

Dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to accelerate the expansion of the universe.[1] Dark energy is the most accepted hypothesis to explain observations since the 1990s that indicate that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.


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