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Mysterious Dark Matter Blob Confounds Experts
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.'"
I'm pretty sure this headline is about my recent visit from the plumber.
The galaxies are gone. Horse has already left the barn. Spilled milk. Water under the bridge.
Dark matter needs to buck up, get it together, and move on, get on with the life. There is a whole universe out there.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
Must be a cosmic pile-up of tribbles.
Awoken the Grue has been.
You can't handle the truth.
Make sure to call me if that blob starts moving towards earth!
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
isn't it likely yhat they're looking at two entirely different types of matter?
Yup, typical response from physicists for oh I dunno almost the past 100 years. Can't explain something? Must be a new particle...
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Mysterious Dark Matter Blob Confounds Experts
My ex-wife confounds me too.
Silence is a state of mime.
four elephants, standing on the back of a great space turtle ........
da da da dum indeed.