Which of the following best sums up current scientific thinking about the nature of dark matter?

A) Most dark matter probably consists of weakly interacting particles of a type that we have not yet identified.
B) Dark matter consists primarily of a mysterious form of energy that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
C) There is no longer any doubt that dark matter is made mostly of WIMPs.
D) Dark matter probably does not really exist, and rather indicates a fundamental problem in our understanding of gravity.


A) Most dark matter probably consists of weakly interacting particles of a type that we have not yet identified.

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