Dark Matter Discovered Near Solar System?

gpronger writes "The ATIC (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter) has potentially discovered the presence of dark matter close (only 3000 light-years) to our solar system. The system detected a large-amount of high energy cosmic rays which match the theoretical signature of dark matter annihilating itself. The universe is believed to be composed of about 25% dark matter, but there has been little evidence of it. This discovery, if correct, would be the first." The paper was published in Nature , but it requires a subscription to see beyond the abstract.

Comments

Re:Close to our Solar System

[eln]

Psh. You could travel that far in less than a year at Warp 9.9.

Re:zomg

[Hurricane78]

*ROFL* Parent is definitely on topic and underrated. See the xkcd link above.