# The search for dark matter -- and what we've found so far | Risa Wechsler

An episode of [TED Talks Science and Medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623801), 6 Jan 2020, 16 min.

Audio: https://download.ted.com/products/101326.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0011

Roughly 85 percent of mass in the universe is "dark matter" -- mysterious material that can't be directly observed but has an immense influence on the cosmos. What exactly is this strange stuff, and what does it have to do with our existence? Astrophysicist Risa Wechsler explores why dark matter may be the key to understanding how the universe formed -- and shares how physicists in labs around the world are coming up with creative ways to study it.

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