Another approach is to try to create dark matter using a high-energy particle collider, which boosts normal matter particles (protons or electrons) to crazy high speeds and smashes them together. That’s pretty awesome in and of itself, but it has the added benefit of being able to explore the universe for new particles. They have this power because they can turn one kind of matter into other kinds of matter. When particles smash together, they don’t just rearrange the pieces inside them into new configurations; the old matter is annihilated and new forms of matter are made. It’s like alchemy
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