Elusive dark matter may be detected with GPS satellites
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 16:31
in Astronomy & Space
The everyday use of a GPS device might be to find your way around town or even navigate a hiking trail, but for two physicists, the Global Positioning System might be a tool in directly detecting and measuring dark matter, so far an elusive but ubiquitous form of matter responsible for the formation of galaxies.