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What do a star, the atmosphere and your hand have in common? All these elements are composed of matter - just ordinary matter. But there is another kind of matter, called dark matter, which constitutes 85% of the Universe. Scientists know nothing about it. Amazing experiments are now carried out to try to detect it.

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Audiovisual processLive shots. Using animations.
Live sounds.

PersonnalitiesCOMBES Françoise(LERMA, UMR CNRS, Obs. de Paris, Univ. Cergy Pontoise et Paris 6 et ENS, Paris)

NotesLERMA : Laboratoire d'étude du rayonnement et de la matière en astrophysique.