Does Dark Matter Cause Extinctions?

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New discoveries into two weird things that may have played havoc with the ancient solar system: dark matter and a wandering star. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2015/02/19/extinctions-on-earth-could-occur-on-a-schedule-set-by-dark-matter/ http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/448/2/1816.full http://www.nature.com/news/did-dark-matter-kill-the-dinosaurs-1.14839 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.0576v1.pdf http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004MNRAS.355...51Y http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v308/n5961/pdf/308713a0.pdf http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v308/n5961/pdf/308715a0.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/81/3/801.full.pdf http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/scholz-star/

Published 2015-02-26 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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