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Astronomers Make Important Dark Matter Discovery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the matter's-goth-sister dept.

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. Say What? by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Aren't these people supposed to be deciding whether or not to boot Pluto out of the Planet club?

    Seriously, I can't take that whole Pluto thing seriously - there must have been some knobs around back when we had 6 planets and they though Uranus and Neptune shouldn't be included.

    6 planets should be enough for anybody

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  2. Misunderstood. by DiscWolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    'how dark and normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic collision.'
    At first I thought this was an article on the Brad Pitt, Angelina Joie breakup.
    But then I realized I couldn't identify the "normal matter" in that pair.
  3. Re:Hmm... by alx5000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I didn't really thought you would do it, but you did!

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