The search for DARK MATTER on JUPITER

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AD - Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access this month only. | Although all our observations of the Universe point towards dark matter outnumbering normal matter 5 to 1, we still don’t know what it’s made of because we haven’t *directly* detected it. BUT what if we could use Jupiter to detect dark matter? That’s what this paper published by Blanco & Leane this month tried to do by detecting trihydrogen cation, or H3+ and it definitely set some heads turning... Blanco & Leane (2024; searching for dark matter on Jupiter) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.06758 Stallard et al. (2015; Cassini H3+ detections on Jupiter) - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JA021097 00:00 - Introduction 02:08 - Ground News AD 03:54 - What are trihydrogen cations H3+? 05:54 - What have they’ve got to do with Jupiter and dark matter? 07:45 - How much H3+ Blanco & Leane found on Jupiter 10:13 - What this tells us about the nature of dark matter 12:32 - Bloopers Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV --- 📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://lnk.to/DrBecky --- 👕 My new merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): https://dr-becky.teemill.com/ --- 🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive ---

Published 2024-07-11 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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