Fritz Zwicky first suggests the existence of dark matter

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Astronomy

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Date of occurrence 1933

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United States (Location)

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The Swiss scientist was the first to use the virial theorem to infer the existence of unseen matter, what is now called dark matter

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Fritz Zwicky first suggests the existence of dark matter". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 May 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=6780, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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