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Mysterious Dark Matter Blob Confounds Experts

Posted by Soulskill on from the dark-matter-needs-vacations-too dept.

mayberry42 writes "Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope are mystified by a merging galaxy cluster known as Abell 520 in which concentrations of visible matter and dark matter have apparently come unglued. A report on the Hubble observations, published in the Astrophysical Journal, raises more questions than answers about a cosmic pile-up that's occurring 2.4 billion light-years away. 'According to our current theory,' says Arif Babul, the study team's senior theorist, 'galaxies and dark matter are expected to stay together, even through a collision. But that's not what's happening in Abell 520. Here, the dark matter appears to have pooled to form the dark core, but most of the associated galaxies seem to have moved on.'"

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  1. Re:Observed Dark Matter? by datavirtue · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    blah blah blah blah blah ....you're full of shit

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  2. Re:Observed Dark Matter? by datavirtue · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm so tired of these boring lame ass explainations for the cosmos. Just say: I DON'T KNOW for fuck's sake.

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  3. Re:From my understanding... by datavirtue · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We understand the universe well? Gravity anyone? You make me sick. We understand what our pathetic sensors (eyes) perceive. What a joke.

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