Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs?

Re:Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs? by Shivetya on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:17PM (#9077129)

Okay, I have to ask, just how do we test his hypothesis?

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Re:Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs? by SoftwareMaven on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:30PM (#9077203)

I think the initial tests would be computer models. Take models of how the earth's core and mantle work (or the Oort cloud) and intersect that with models of how dark matter is spread through the galaxy. Are there inputs where the models behave as predicted, and are the inputs in any way realistic?

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Re:Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs? by infogulch on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:21PM (#9077157)

Wait 30 million years to cross the galactic disk again? /s

Maybe we could find a statistical difference between systems that are passing through the disk now and those that aren't.

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