Would Dark Matter Make Us Invisible at High Speeds?

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If I was traveling 60% of light speed in one direction,
and you were traveling 60% of light speed in another direction
We would be invisible to each other correct ?

Is that all that dark matter is? matter in which the distance between us is increasing faster than light speed?
 
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PRyckman said:
If I was traveling 60% of light speed in one direction,
and you were traveling 60% of light speed in another direction
We would be invisible to each other correct ?

Is that all that dark matter is? matter in which the distance between us is increasing faster than light speed?
No, the speed of light as viewed from any frame of reference has a definite speed c.
 
PRyckman said:
If I was traveling 60% of light speed in one direction,
and you were traveling 60% of light speed in another direction
We would be invisible to each other correct ?
No, in fact, from each of our perpectives, the other would only be traveling at:

[tex]\frac{0.6c+0.6c}{1+\frac{0.6c(0.6c)}{c^2}} = 0.882c[/tex]

relative to ourselves. This is how velocities add under Relativity.