THE RADIUS OF THE DARK-MATTER HALO

When modern scientists realized that our own solar system is but a tiny part of a huge spiral galaxy, they began to map out, count, and classify the stars that constitute the galaxy, but because the galaxy had some two hundred billions stars, this was a huge undertaking that took many years to complete.

Once the number of stars and their relative sizes were determined through meticulous astronomical observations, theorists began to estimate the total mass of the galaxy, taking into account the mass of all the visible stars and the mass associated with the thin gas of charged particles that pervades interstellar space. Having obtained this estimate, theorists sought to confirm their findings using the laws of gravity. As it turns out, there are a number of smaller, satellite galaxies in the vicinity of our galaxy, and the projected motions of these can be determined by astronomical observations. Theorists concluded that like the motions of the planets around the sun, these satellite galaxies should be governed by the laws of gravity, which depend upon the mass of our galaxy. Yet there was a serious problem: When theorists inserted the estimated mass of our galaxy into the gravitational formulas, the results were inconsistent with the projected motions of the satellite galaxies. After rechecking the empirical data, they finally concluded that their estimate of the galactic mass was off by as much as 90 percent.

How could this be? Meticulously, they had taken into account all observable forms of matter in the galaxy, including both the visible population of the stars and the low-density population of particles distributed throughout interstellar space. Nevertheless, to explain the motion of the satellite galaxies, about ten times more mass was required. In the end, the theorists concluded reluctantly that an unknown type of matter possessing mass or inertia must pervade the galaxy.

Over the next few years, theorists began to investigate what kind of particles might correspond to dark matter, and it was soon determined that none discovered so far on the basis of quantum theory were acceptable candidates. At present, the most promising theory is that the particles of dark matter correspond to wimps, weakly interacting matter particles, which have only a gravitational interaction with ordinary matter based upon their mass. Although the mass of an individual dark-matter particle is predicted to be very small, we can reason that because the so-called vacuum of interstellar space is filled with dark matter, the total mass of all dark-matter particles throughout the galaxy exceeds that of all the visible particles. In this case, dark matter represents the dominant form of matter within the galaxy.

Unfortunately, dark matter particles have yet to be detected empirically. Their existence can be inferred from astrophysical calculations involving gravitational interactions, but at this point, no one has figured out a way to observe directly or detect dark matter particles in a quantum experiment. This is consistent with the ancient theory, which suggests that dark matter particles can be inferred, but not actually observed from their empirical effects. Modern astrophysics tells us that the dark matter field is spherical in shape, extends beyond the visible form of the galaxy, and is called the dark-matter halo. We can see that it corresponds directly to the dark neck of Shiva, which extends above his galactic torso.

Now we are in a position to make another prediction: If the twenty-fourth layer above upholds the spherical form of the dark-matter halo as a whole, then the radius of that halo should be determined by the characteristic scale of that layer. The universal rule of thumb gives this as 10²³ centimeters—a prediction regarding the radius of the dark-matter halo and derived from the ancient science of the gods.

Although the dark-matter halo is invisible, theorists have used various models to calculate its radius, with the most widely accepted suggesting that the radius of the dark-matter halo is indeed approximately 10²³ centimeters. Once again, the predictions derived on the basis of modern science and ancient science agree to within 1 order of magnitude.