dark matter

AP - Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics.

Striking evidence has been found for the enigmatic "stuff" called dark matter which makes up 25% of the Universe.

"Dark Matter" is the story of Liu Xing, a brilliant doctoral student of cosmology. Xing travels to America from Beijing to work and study under his hero, Jacob Reiser, who developed an influential theory.

When Xing's independent thinking and research leads him to challenge Reiser's theory, he becomes an academic pariah and falls into a downward spiral.

The first stars in the Universe may have been powered by dark matter, according to a new theory.