At 8:56 a.m. on May 16th at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Endeavor space ship took off to reveal the secrets of the universe. The ship contained a 6 man crew commanded by Captin Mark E. Kelly. This was the second attempt because of an electrical short circuit on April 29th. The crew is going to install a $2 billion giant doughnut shaped magnet, on the International Space Station, that will sift through cosmic particles to find evidence of dark matter. It weighs almost 8 tons and is made to last as long as the space sation, untill around 2025. It will create a strong magnetic field that will push away cosmic particles and an array of detectors will analyze the deflection and will hopefully discover new particles.
I think this is a good idea, because if we discover dark matter does exist we would be able to someday use it to discover new galaxies. We might even be able to find planets that are similar to earth. It would also not waste years of research.
nytimes.com
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