Dark Matter VS Dark Energy Difference

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by xavierob82

Isn't dark matter little more than as-yet unidentified particles or particles with non-zero mass (i.e., neutrinos)? From how I understand it, it's really not all that remarkable.

It's unlikely neutrinos are sufficient to account all the dark matter inferred by astrophysical measurements, so dark matter is most likely some particle beyond the standard model. Possibly not as remarkable as some of the implications of dark-energy, but remarkable enough for me.

[Brian.Pearson]

"WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, are leading candidates for the building blocks of dark matter, which accounts for 85 percent of the entire mass of the universe. Hundreds of billions of WIMPs may have passed through your body as you read these sentences."

If they are right about the 85% figure, that would be amazing.