[Interview] Can Axions Be Dark Matter?

We still don't know what is Dark Matter. We can see its effects but we don't know what it's made of. However, with their latest publication, Dr Amruth Alfred suggests that dark matter should be made of axions (which are one of the candidates among other particles). Paper by Dr Amruth Alfred and his team:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01943-9🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro02:19 WIMPs vs Axions06:35 Observations 15:54 Implications for Cosmology18:54 Where axioms come from23:57 Difficulties with observations27:54 How can the results be confirmed or debunked31:13 Open-mindness in science36:50 Gravitational lenses54:35 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/M7IO6FkHRhE📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast