Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is dark matter?
Position1 of 4

Dark matter is made of Baryonic matter

This position holds that dark matter is made of ordinary baryonic matter — the same protons, neutrons and electrons that make up familiar matter on Earth. It points to candidates such as vast numbers of tiny black holes as the form this hidden ordinary mass might take.

Supporting arguments · 1

  1. Dark matter is made of tiny black holes
    Stephen Hawking in 1974 predicted that dark matter goes back to the big bang and is made of black holes. Since then, scientists have been investigating this theory.