According to a team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, another extra dimension in space-time may have obscured dark matter - matter that appears to make up 85% of the universe's mass - yet scientific equipment has not yet discovered it.

Researchers believe that there may be another dimension that only dark forces are aware of. "We live in an ocean of dark matter, yet we know very little about it," said Philip Tando, an assistant professor of astrophysics and lead author of a recent article. Our observable universe has three spatial dimensions. "There is also the possibility that there is a fourth dimension of space that is hidden from our view because we do not know its nature."

The mystery of dark matter

The theory of Tando et al. Could ultimately enable us to explain the existence of dark matter. "This is one of the most disturbing unknowns in nature," Tando added. "We are aware of its existence, but we do not know how to trace its origin or why it has not manifested itself where we expected."

Despite the best efforts of scientists, "dark matter" is still elusive. We still do not know what it is made of or why it exists at all. We also can not see it directly, because it does not absorb, reflect or emit any kind of electromagnetic radiation.

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Dark Forces

But according to this new theory, some invisible particles of dark matter interact with other invisible particles through an additional dimension, and this causes these secondary particles not to behave like others. In fact, this theory suggests that there is an additional dimension to the search for "dark matter" in space-time that we cannot grasp because we do not have the necessary tools.

"Over the past decade, physicists have confirmed that, in addition to dark matter, hidden dark forces that have not yet been discovered may be governing the interactions of 'dark matter,'" Tando said. This new theory can rewrite the laws of dark matter search. "The extra dimension can also explain why 'dark matter' is so well hidden from our laboratory studies." Further details of this study are published in the Journal of High Energy Physics.

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