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Astronomers Make Important Dark Matter Discovery

saudadelinux writes "To quote a press release on NASA's site, astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered 'how dark and normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic collision.' There will be a briefing at noon, August 21 ET, on this discovery, with streaming media provided by NASA, and some details of the research posted on Harvard's Chandra site just beforehand."

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  1. Together again by Petskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now dark and normal matter will be one big family again, obviously with court supervision.

  2. Re:Nothing to see, move along by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > There is literally nothing of substance yet.

    Not at all. It's got plenty of mass, it's just dark.

  3. Re:Question. by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Humans, at least alive ones, are not at zero degrees K, and therefore radiate energy, not much, but some. We might be said to be dim matter.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matterThis link will tell you more.

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  4. Measure DM by MECC · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as NASA doesn't try to measure DM in metric units, everything should go just fine.

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  5. Re:The whole day? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    August 21 Eastern Time? Wow, great.

    This is news to announce there will be news at a later date.

    the future will be here, any day now

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  6. Please record by 4solarisinfo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to recent events at NASA, we'd appreciate everyone helping out by recording the stream of the event, and puttting it... well somewhere you can find it later.

  7. Warp 1 Mr. Sulu by OakDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool! Now I can get started on my warp engine!

    Yours, Zephram Cochrane

    1. Re:Warp 1 Mr. Sulu by Skynet · · Score: 1, Funny
      Cool! Now I can get started on my warp engine!

      Yours, Zephram Cochrane

      That's anti-matter you nipplehead.
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    2. Re:Warp 1 Mr. Sulu by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

      I thought it was dork matter. As in, it only matters to dorks.

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  8. The importance by eebra82 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what's the matter, NASA?

  9. It's not "dark" matter by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    We like to refer to it as "matter of color."

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  10. Re:Typo in title by TigerNut · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about "Slashdot Announces NASA Announces Announcement of Dark Matter Discovery"?

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  11. August 21 by rolyatknarf · · Score: 2, Funny

    And on monday August 21, 2006 at 12:00 PM CST WDAF Channel 4 Fox News in Kansas City will air an hour long program detailing the latest news, weather and sports for their local viewing area.

    Details as yet are unclear as to the specific content.

  12. Re:Question. by farker+haiku · · Score: 3, Funny

    And this is different from believing in God... how, exactly?

    Apparently, when you seperate dark matter from normal matter you get an extraordinarily energetic collision, whereas when you seperate a Christian from God you get a rational thinking being.

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  13. I can make my own dark matter by i_ate_god · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Turn off lights
    2) stub toe on matter I can not see
    3) patent dark matter and the process by which to make it
    4) ...
    5) profit

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  14. Re:Question. by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Humans, at least alive ones, are not at zero degrees K"

    You've never met my ex-wife

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  15. Dark Matter by Lost+Penguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't this what a light bulb absorbs till it's full, and then you must throw it away?

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  16. Re:Typo in title by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a "Dark Discovery". We cannot observe it directly, but only infer its existance based on its secondary media influence.

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  17. Re:Nothing to see, move along by WED+Fan · · Score: 5, Funny
    > There is literally nothing of substance yet. Not at all. It's got plenty of mass, it's just dark.

    Like Oprah.

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  18. Hyping machine for a science briefing? by Baikala · · Score: 3, Funny

    This atrangely resambles those cosole pre-release press conferences where nothing new of the product is said at all. Hype machine at work for a science briefing, what's next?

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  19. Is This an Advertisement? by Rob+Carr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this an advertisement for Galactus pulling a tablecloth out from under dark matter dinnerwear on "The Universe Has Talent?"

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  20. Actual NASA Picture of Dark Matter by Kent+Simon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actual NASA Photograph of their Dark Matter discovery can be found Here

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