Scientists call it dark matter. If we ever learn to interact with it, the possibilities could be extraordinary and include a new energy source.

Ed Belbruno, the author of a recent study and one of the architects of the proposal for a NASA mission to study the invisible substance, was interviewed by Futurism.

The mathematician told us that anyone can guess what to do with it.

Long and Winding Road

No one knows what dark matter is, and there is no way to say what it can do.

It could take a long time to harness dark matter or even account for it in calculations, which is a major caveat.

If you could focus it, you would have an unlimited supply of energy in outer space.

He said that the material that dark matter is made of could allow us to make star drives, which could be used in spaceships.

NASA has a proposal to investigate the mysteries of dark matter.

NASA wants to send spacecraft to measure dark matter.

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