Black Holes And Dark Matter Pictures And Dozens Of Facts About Space And The Solar System [PHOTOS]

This question originally appeared on Quora. This means if you were to remove everything you can see and interact with in the visible universe (people, food, home appliances, planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, etc.), there would still be 95% of the universe remaining! The result is that there is more dark matter and dark energy in the room you are currently in than normal matter. It is percolating through your body as you read this answer! The general rule is that dark matter holds galaxies together and dark energy drives the expansion of the universe. It is the ultimate tug of war. At the beginning of the universe, dark matter was much more powerful than dark energy, which is what allowed early galaxies to form. But dark energy has now taken over and is causing distant galaxies to recede from us at a rate faster than the speed of light. As you may know, no object with mass can exceed the speed of light, however there is no limit on the speed at which the spacetime medium (which ...