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NASA and DoE Team On Dark Energy Research

Posted by timothy on from the what's-the-opposite-of-illuminati? dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have teamed up to operate the future Joint Dark Energy Mission. As you probably know, recent astronomical measurements have showed that about 72% of the total energy in the universe is dark energy, even if scientists don't know much about it, but speculate that it is present almost since the beginning of our Universe more than 13 billion years ago. The JDEM 'mission will make precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe to understand how this rate has changed with time. These measurements will yield vital clues about the nature of dark energy.' The launch of a spacecraft for the JDEM mission is not planned before 2015."

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  1. Department of Dark Energy by EachLennyAPenny · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once they form the Department of Dark Energy they could post job ads reading "Come to the dark side".

  2. Re:Need a better marketing department by Andr+T. · · Score: 3, Funny
    The mascot could be Darth Vader!

    Mechanical voice:

    - Come join us understand the real nature of the Universe. Together we will understand the deepest secrets of matter and energy...

    Darth Vader approaches a group of scientists wearing white clothes, looking at a telescope and talking to each other.

    - And you can be sure the smartest minds of the planet will be with you in this journey. May the energy, dark and bright, be with you, my friend.

    --

    Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

  3. We'd best just leave it alone . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    If NASA and the DoE start yanking on the Dark Energy in the Universe, they might find that attached to the other end are . . . Dark Energy Creatures.

    They might not be amused with the antics of NASA and the DoE.

    "Hey, you, Earthling! Is this your Joint Dark Mission Probe, that just broke my window?"

    You have been warned.

    --
    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
  4. Oblig. Simpsons by SpectreBlofeld · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lindsay: Yes. For example, no one was showing up for jury
                    duty, so we made the experience more exciting by
                    synergizing it with his comic book collection.

                    [cut to Moe's tavern. Moe opens an envelope]
    Moe: [reading] You have been chosen to join the Justice
                    Squadron, 8 a.m. Monday at the Municipal Fortress of
                    Vengeance. Oh, I am *so* there!