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Dark Matter

Switzerland · Science / Astrophysics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1933

Fritz Zwicky1933

California Institute of Technology · Science / Astrophysics

Infers unseen mass in the Coma Cluster from galaxy velocities.

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Fritz Zwicky

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