Scientific Exploration: New Findings on the Composition of the Universe

What constitutes the universe? This is a research topic that scientists have been working on for a long time. Recently, an American scientific research team in Hawaii claims to have solved the puzzle of the constituent matter of the universe.

This team, after a long period of research, found that about 90% of the universe was composed of some kind of large-scale micro-particles with weak interacting force. These kind of micro-particles do not have color, do not produce light, and can penetrate all tangible matter. It is just like the little genie, "Casper", in the animation film that is not blocked by anything.

Scientists say that if this theory is correct, there are in fact hundreds of millions of such micro-particles passing through our body every second. But they differ from "Casper" in that they have a mass. The mass of each micro-particle is 10 to 500 times that of a proton. When these micro-particles assemble together on a large scale, their total mass would be enough to constitute the enormous universe.

Of course, this theory is not perfect.. It cannot completely and precisely explain the composition of all matter in the universe. However, it provides some clues to the exploration of the puzzle of the universe.

(Based on CCTV April 2, 2000)

(Translated Apr. 14, 2000)