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'''Dark matter''' is a substance that was widely used as starship fuel in the 30th and 31st centuries. When dark matter prices started to rise due to a supposed shortage, [[Professor Farnsworth]] set out to render dark matter useless and to ruin Mom's fortune with the pure anti-backwards energy crystal, which Mom technically stole from Professor Farnsworth along with the [[single non-local metaparticle]].  The two crystals were destroyed and all dark matter became useless once more.
'''Dark matter''' is a substance that was widely used as starship fuel in the [[30th century|30th]] and [[31st century|31st]] centuries. The size of a pound of most normal materials weighs over ten thousand pounds as dark matter. Dark matter has existed in the form of a ball of no more than one inch in radius, which is excreted by the [[Nibblonians]] {{et|1ACV04}}, and oil {{et|3ACV02}}.


== Description ==
Dark matter is material that makes up for the rotation of galaxies. In {{cat|Physic}}s, dark matter is an exotic particle (particles that are made from more than just electrons, neutrons and protons). Nibblonians are the only known source but other sources could exist elsewhere. Nibblonians are probably made of exotic particles as they came 17 minutes before the [[Big Bang]] {{et|3ACV07}}, which explains why their feces are exotic matter, moreover their long lifespans are able to accumulate such matter in their time.


By the year [[3000]], dark matter had become widely used as a fuel source, particularly for spacecraft. It was revealed in ''[[Bender's Game]]'' that dark matter was useless until the professor accidentally created a [[single non-local metaparticle]] that links all dark matter and gives its fuelled properties. When the professor accidentally created the metaparticle while smashing dark matter in a particle accelerator he also created a [[Anti-backwards Crystal|crystal made of pure anti-backwards energy]] that can destroy the other crystal if they get too close to each other. All dark matter is Nibblonian poo in the form of a ball of no more than one inch in radius that can weigh many thousands of pounds.
== History ==
The only place where dark matter has been known to be mined was the planet [[Vergon 6]], now destroyed. It was completely filled with the heavy substance and imploded due to the lack of support for the surface after it was mined hollow {{et|1ACV04}}.


[[File:PE ship engines.png|thumb|left|The [[Dark Matter Engines|dark matter engine]] of the [[Planet Express ship]].]]
Dark matter was useless until [[2970]], when, while smashing some in a particle accelerator, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] accidentally created a [[single non-local metaparticle]] and an [[anti-backwards crystal]]. Spacecraft fuelled by dark matter were fairly common until [[3008]], as proven by the availability of dark-matter fuel at orbital filling stations.


=== Dark Matter Engines ===
In that year, when dark-matter prices started to rise due to a supposed shortage, the professor set out to render dark matter useless again and to ruin [[Mom]]'s fortune with the anti-backwards crystal, which Mom technically stole from him along with the single non-local metaparticle. The two crystals were destroyed and all dark matter became useless once more {{et|BG}}.
{{main|Dark Matter Engines}}
Spacecraft fuelled by dark matter were fairly common until 3008, as proven by the availability of dark matter fuel at orbital filling stations. The [[Planet Express Ship]]'s dark matter engines seem to burn the dark matter in [[Dark Matter Afterburner|a large furnace]], though exactly how this energy is translated into propulsion is understood only by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] and his clone, [[Cubert Farnsworth]], as the idea came to them both in a dream, but was forgotten by the Professor in another dream. It is unknown whether Cubert remembers how they function.


== Additional Info ==
== Usage ==
=== Trivia ===
The [[Planet Express ship]]'s [[dark-matter engines]] burn the dark matter produced by [[Lord Nibbler|Nibbler]] in its [[dark-matter afterburner]], though exactly how this energy is translated into propulsion is understood only by the professor and his clone, [[Cubert J. Farnsworth|Cubert]], as, in [[3000]], the idea came to them both in a dream, but was forgotten by the professor in another dream {{et|2ACV10}}. It is unknown whether Cubert remembers how they function. However, Cubert did explain that the engines move space around the Planet Express ship, which makes them function somewhat like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive warp drive].
*[[Nibblonians]] excrete pellets of pure dark matter.
* The only place where Dark Matter has been known to be mined was the planet [[Vergon 6]], now destroyed. It was completely filled with the heavy substance and imploded due to the lack of support for the surface after it was mined hollow.
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] [[...But Deliver Us To Evil!|has stated]] that Nibbler produces so much fuel that the company has to build a new wing to store it.
*It is heavily implied, though never directly stated, that it smells something like feces.
**The non-local metaparticle that binds all dark matter is also implied to smell like a flatulation (i.e., like an "egger").
*According to the professor a pound of Dark Matter weighs 10,000 pounds.


== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Dark matter 2ACV02.png|{{es|2ACV02}}
File:Dark matter 3ACV02.png|{{es|3ACV02}}
File:Dark matter 3ACV05.png|{{es|3ACV05}}
File:Dark matter 4ACV10.png|{{es|4ACV10}}
File:Dark matter 4ACV14.png|{{es|4ACV14}}
File:Dark matter TBwaBB.png|[[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBwaBB]]
File:Dark matter BG.png|{{es|BG}}
File:Dark matter 6ACV08.png|{{es|6ACV08}}
</gallery>
== Additional info ==
=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
{{q|
{{q|
<poem>'''Leela''': Dear Captain's Diary: I may not have found love on this mission but I did find a cute little companion who excretes starship fuel. And that's just as good.</poem>
<poem>'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Then go get the hover-dolly you didn't break and load all the dark matter into the left engine.
<poem>'''Bender''': Aw man, that crap's heavy!
'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': Oh, man, that crap's heavy.
'''Fry''': And warm...</poem>
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': And warm.</poem>
}}
}}
=== Appearances ===
{{appear-begin}}
*{{e|1ACV04}}
*{{e|2ACV02}}
*{{e|2ACV10}} {{small|(mentioned only)}}
*{{e|3ACV02}}
*{{e|3ACV05}}
*{{e|3ACV06}} {{small|(mentioned only)}}
*{{e|4ACV03}} {{small|(mentioned only)}}
*{{e|4ACV10}}
*{{e|4ACV14}}
*{{f|2}}
*{{f|3}}
*{{e|6ACV08}}
*{{clink|US#031|As the Wormhole Turns}} {{small|(mentioned only)}}
*{{clink|US#055|The Trouble With Trilogies}}
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}}
*{{clink|US#X02|Liquid Diamond Is Forever!}}
*{{g|1}}
{{appear-end}}
== See also ==
*[[Slurm]]


[[Category:Chemistry]]
[[Category:Chemistry]]
[[Category:Nibblonians]]
[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Latest revision as of 19:28, 26 December 2014

Dark matter
Dark Matter.jpg
Nibbler looking at his litter box, which has a ball of dark matter in it (1ACV04).
UsageSee Usage section
First appearance"Love's Labours Lost in Space" (1ACV04)
Episode
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Dark matter is a substance that was widely used as starship fuel in the 30th and 31st centuries. The size of a pound of most normal materials weighs over ten thousand pounds as dark matter. Dark matter has existed in the form of a ball of no more than one inch in radius, which is excreted by the Nibblonians (1ACV04), and oil (3ACV02).

Dark matter is material that makes up for the rotation of galaxies. In Physics, dark matter is an exotic particle (particles that are made from more than just electrons, neutrons and protons). Nibblonians are the only known source but other sources could exist elsewhere. Nibblonians are probably made of exotic particles as they came 17 minutes before the Big Bang (3ACV07), which explains why their feces are exotic matter, moreover their long lifespans are able to accumulate such matter in their time.

History

The only place where dark matter has been known to be mined was the planet Vergon 6, now destroyed. It was completely filled with the heavy substance and imploded due to the lack of support for the surface after it was mined hollow (1ACV04).

Dark matter was useless until 2970, when, while smashing some in a particle accelerator, Professor Farnsworth accidentally created a single non-local metaparticle and an anti-backwards crystal. Spacecraft fuelled by dark matter were fairly common until 3008, as proven by the availability of dark-matter fuel at orbital filling stations.

In that year, when dark-matter prices started to rise due to a supposed shortage, the professor set out to render dark matter useless again and to ruin Mom's fortune with the anti-backwards crystal, which Mom technically stole from him along with the single non-local metaparticle. The two crystals were destroyed and all dark matter became useless once more (BG).

Usage

The Planet Express ship's dark-matter engines burn the dark matter produced by Nibbler in its dark-matter afterburner, though exactly how this energy is translated into propulsion is understood only by the professor and his clone, Cubert, as, in 3000, the idea came to them both in a dream, but was forgotten by the professor in another dream (2ACV10). It is unknown whether Cubert remembers how they function. However, Cubert did explain that the engines move space around the Planet Express ship, which makes them function somewhat like a warp drive.

Image gallery

Additional info

Quotes

    Leela: Then go get the hover-dolly you didn't break and load all the dark matter into the left engine.
    Bender: Oh, man, that crap's heavy.
    Fry: And warm.

Appearances

See also