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Hubble Telescope Maps Dark Matter in 3D
dido writes "The BBC reports that the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to make a map of the dark matter distribution of the universe, providing the best evidence of the role dark matter plays in the structure and evolution of the universe. From the article: 'According to one researcher, the findings provide "beautiful confirmation" of standard theories to explain how structures in the Universe evolved over billions of years.'"
Pluto is still not a planet.
*bitter*
clifgriffin > blog
According to one researcher, the findings provide "beautiful confirmation" of standard theories to explain how structures in the Universe evolved over billions of years.'
... thereby proving god exists.
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I wonder what a 3d model of dark matter around a black hole would look like?
Maybe I've just been around here for too long, but the parent post reads like goatse.cx meets GNAA.
Oh no... it's the future.
Think of it this way. On slashdot you have a lot of posts. Some of them are good. But they can't all be good all the time. So it follows that there has to be bad posts. Lot's of them.
That's dark matter.
I think that should be a modifier. -1, Dark Matter
Don't be mad that you didn't think of it...
clifgriffin > blog
Kosh, is that you?
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
You should call it "Light Challenged" matter in this age of political correctness. Be more sensitive to other matter people!
It's only paranoia if your wrong...
Maybe because Dark matter doesn't damn you to hell for wanting to have sex? Or because it is not based on campfire tales of desert nomads from thousands of years ago, but rather mathematical equations, observations, you know, scientific stuff.
Note to self: No more arguing with the faithful.
Next time you get an infection, please do us all a favor and take the ID challenge: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.ht ml?uc_full_date=20060702
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'. --Dan Kaminsky
Some string theorists believe dark matter may be gravitons, emitted by matter on adjacent branes
:)
Yeah, but string theorists make theoretical physicists look like scientists
sic transit gloria mundi
now I can hang my map of dark matter up right next to my picture of albino polar bears walking the tundra in a blizzard.
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Brrrrrraaaaannnneeesssss *shambles around aimlessly*
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.