Can we detect dark matter if it doesn't interact?
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The detection of dark matter is a very interesting question.
One of the leading candidates for dark matter is a theoretical particle called the neutralino.
The properties of the neutralino are defined as such that it does not really interact with normal matter, but rather can penetrate right through matter... and us.
However it is quite amusing that given that dark matter is defined as not interacting with normal matter, scientists are spending their lives down the bottom of mine shafts using equipment made of normal matter (what else do we have) to detect a particle that might not exist and, if it does, almost certainly wouldn't interact!
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