No, no, you’re very much correct. Dark matter(if it exists, remember it’s still theory at this point) doesn’t interact with thing like light. Which means it doesn’t show up on the electron magnetic spectrum. We only know it’s their based on its effects to things we can see. For example how galaxies are formed. Without dark matter, they would have drifted apart.
Honestly, I found the writing to be a pile of shit in many more ways than that. Travelling faster than light with no relative effects at all, or any attempt to explain it away.
The crew were, from the very start, not who anyone would choose for a first contact mission. Talk about the wrong stuff.
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MinaVladimir (4086)
5 years ago
The funny thing is that I've watched enough sci-fi with FTL drives and wormwhole traveling and so on, with no accound for relativity, that that part doesn't bother me so much. But those shows were fun, so that more than makes up for the bad science.
You're right though, the writng has way bigger issues than dark matter, or the sciense in general. When did shows stop having good and likable characters that make you want to go on an adventure with them? But hey, those people might not be good astronauts, but at least they're great at martial arts...
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