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[โ€“] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No, because those would also interact with other things like electromagnetic radiation, light, etc. Dark matter only interacts with normal matter via gravity.

Dark matter is admittedly a bit of a misnomer but that's what everyone's been using for years ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ