{"id":3754,"date":"2026-04-08T03:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3754"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:49:28","slug":"ondas-gravitacionais-podem-ter-criado-a-materia-escura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3754","title":{"rendered":"Gravitational waves may have created dark matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/upload\/1\/sites\/26\/img_41916_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/dark-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr><\/p><p>\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/lr69-45v8\" target=\"_blank\">doi.org\/10.1103\/lr69-45v8<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/credibilidade_estudo.php?c=41916\">Credibility<\/a>: <font color=\"#00FFFF\">9<\/font><font color=\"#00FF00\">8<\/font><font color=\"#FFFF00\">9<\/font><br><a href='http:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\"s=dark matter'>#dark matter<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>\r\n\t<!-- audio --><\/p><p>\r\n<button onclick=\"this.nextElementSibling.play()\" style=\"padding:12px 25px; font-size:18px; border:none; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\">Listen<\/button><audio src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/audios\/41916-eng.mp3\" preload=\"none\"><\/audio><\/p><p>\r\n\t<strong>A new study proposes a fascinating idea: the faint ripples in spacetime that emerged in the first moments of the Universe may have been responsible for the creation of dark matter, one of the greatest mysteries of current physics<\/strong><\/p><p>According to research led by Professor Joachim Kopp of Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, in partnership with Dr. Azadeh Maleknejad of Swansea University, UK, so-called stochastic gravitational waves-a type of &#8220;background noise&#8221; of gravitational waves that filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang-may have partially converted into dark matter particles.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nTo understand the context, it&#8217;s worth remembering that everything we see in our daily lives-planets, stars, trees, people-is made of ordinary matter, which represents only about 4% of the Universe.<\/p><p>\r\nDark matter, invisible, corresponds to approximately 23% of everything that exists.<\/p><p>\r\nIt influences the formation of galaxies and large cosmic structures, but scientists still don&#8217;t know exactly what it&#8217;s made of.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nGravitational waves are distortions in the fabric of spacetime, usually generated by violent events, such as the collision of black holes.<\/p><p>\r\nStochastic waves, on the other hand, are weaker and arose from general processes in the early Universe, such as phase transitions of matter when the cosmos cooled or ancient magnetic fields.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nResearchers suggest that these waves could have produced light particles called fermions (similar to electrons or quarks, but massless or with very little mass at the beginning).<\/p><p>\r\nOver time, these particles would have gained mass and transformed into what we now know as dark matter.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThis is a new way of explaining the origin of dark matter that had not yet been explored.<\/p><p>\r\nThe study, published in the journal &#8220;Physical Review Letters,&#8221; opens an interesting path for future research, including more precise simulations and the investigation of other effects that gravitational waves may have caused in the young Universe.<\/p><p>\r\nIn short, what were once just invisible ripples in space may have helped shape one of the most important and mysterious components of our cosmos.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">??<br>Gravitational waves may have created dark matter<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/darkmatter'src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#darkmatter<\/a><br><br>A study proposes a idea: the faint ripples in spacetime that emerged in the first moments of the Universe may have been responsible for the creation of dark matter, one of the greatest mysteries of current physics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NULyVhA9xD\">pic.twitter.com\/NULyVhA9xD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rare Earth (@rareearth0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rareearth0\/status\/2041721028540289473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Published in 04\/08\/2026 03h49<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/?page_id=26633\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n\t\t<p>Text adapted by AI (Grok) and translated via Google API in the English version. Images from public image libraries or credits in the caption. Information about DOI, author and institution can be found in the body of the article.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t<p>Reference article:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/new-study-suggests-gravitational-waves-may-have-created-dark-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/new-study-suggests-gravitational-waves-may-have-created-dark-matter\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Original study: <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/lr69-45v8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/lr69-45v8<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/rodape_sites.php?arg=41916\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"420px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/comentario_navegacao.php?arg=41916\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; left:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_esq.php?arg=41916\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; right:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_dir.php?arg=41916\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_centralus.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><figcaption>{teste}<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3754\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}