Question

This adjective names the unexpectedly large amount of RNA transcribed from outside exons. Spolyar et al. proposed a type of early universe star named for this adjective powered by annihilation and up to 2000 AU in diameter. John Michell earlier proposed a star named for this adjective in Newtonian mechanics with an extremely high escape velocity. This adjective names a type of biodiversity encompassing species that are absent from a research site but present in the surrounding community. Kashlinsky et al. observed a non-random flow named for this adjective affecting galaxy cluster motion. Vacuum energy could explain this adjective's namesake energy, which makes up 68 percent of the universe's (10[1])density and is accelerating its expansion. For 10 points, what adjective also names a type of invisible but gravitationally attractive matter? ■END■

ANSWER: dark [or transcriptional dark matter or genomic dark matter or word forms of either; or dark matter RNA; or dark stars; or dark diversity; or dark flow; or dark energy; or dark matter] (Dark stars are powered by annihilation of dark matter; dark diversity is named in reference to dark matter.)
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2023 NASAT06/17/2023Y1100%0%0%108.00