1900: The Wandering Physics Overlord in Europe
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The Universe Is Not Beyond the Law! Dark Matter Must Also Be Incorporated into Big Bang Theory! Three Verification Methods!

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The proposal of Dark Matter deeply shocked everyone present.

The name reflected properties entirely different from those of ordinary matter.

It was practically like a ghost drifting beyond human perception, mysterious and unfathomable.

Many people believed Dark Matter was a concept that only emerged in later generations.

But that was not the case.

In real history, as early as 1922, Dutch astronomer Kapteyn had proposed the existence of "invisible matter" based on anomalies in the movements of celestial bodies.

But he knew nothing about the nature of this matter; it was merely a concept.

Then, in 1932, while studying the Milky Way's rotation, Oort proved Kapteyn's conjecture.

But he likewise offered no further description of Dark Matter.

In 1933, while studying galaxy clusters, Zwicky once again examined and verified the Dark Matter hypothesis in greater depth.

Moreover, he was rather radical, loudly proclaiming the existence of Dark Matter and causing a stir throughout the astronomical community!

In later generations, some called Zwicky "the most neglected astronomer."

Some even believed he was the Einstein of astronomy!

He overturned people's ingrained understanding.

But unfortunately, few in the astronomical community at the time supported the Dark Matter hypothesis.

It was simply too incredible, utterly impossible to comprehend.

How could matter that neither emitted, reflected, nor absorbed electromagnetic waves possibly exist in the universe?

Even Einstein had once discussed the possibility of Dark Matter's existence with astronomers.

Yet no definite conclusion was reached in the end.

After the 1970s, astronomy developed at breakneck speed.

Observational methods became ever more advanced, and astronomers were able to observe more and more phenomena.

Although Dark Matter did not participate in electromagnetic interactions, it did participate in gravitational interactions.

Through certain specialized mechanical methods, its existence could be indirectly demonstrated.

This was already the current consensus in the

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