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The dark matter situation has changed dramatically in the past few
Years. Not long ago, people agreed that the dark matter existed, but
Had little hope of knowing what it actually consisted of. Now strong
Detection efforts are underway for many of the best candidates. For
Machos, first results are already in, and it seems quite probable that
The bulk of the dark matter does not consist of Machos in the Earth
Window for exotic objects in the solar to 1000 solar mass range.
Direct detection, and via high energy neutrinos from the Sun.
Axions also are fine dark matter candidates, and the new
Microwave cavity experiments will for the first time probe some of
Plus cold dark matter galaxy formation scenario is very high. For
Density using the big bang theory. Indirect and preliminary evidence
Dark energy by its very nature is extremely diffuse, and its effect can be felt only on the largest scales,
where it influences the expansion of the universe and the growth of structure within it. Getting at the
nature of dark energy will necessarily involve telescopes rather than accelerators, and key opportunities
exist to use supernovae, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies to probe both the expansion and the
formation of structure.