Universe's 'Missing' Matter

Dark matter comes in two forms. About 10 percent is composed of undetected ordinary matter—like what makes up you, me, planets, stars, and interstellar gas—called baryonic matter.

The rest is a mysterious material called non-baryonic dark matter, which makes up more than a quarter of the universe.

news.nationalgeographic.com...

How significatnt is this news? Is there any other research material available on this?

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I remember watching a documentary that stated that there could very well be 'galaxies' of this non-baryonic dark matter right over our own. It's a very interesting subject and seems to be the way to go as far as getting to know our universe better.

[edit on 15-5-2007 by laiguana]

Err, why is this thread and question being posted in the aircraft projects section? This is a science question perhaps the mods can shift it to a more appropriate forum where you will get the answers you seek?

LEE.

NASA seems to have made a few discoveries.
www.nasa.gov...

DIG - Thanks for the link.

"A universe that's dominated by dark stuff seems preposterous, so we wanted to test whether there were any basic flaws in our thinking," said Doug Clowe of the University of Arizona at Tucson, and leader of the study. "These results are direct proof that dark matter exists."

I fiond this really interesting...even the scientists are bothered about the 'dark' stuff...