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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.'"
It is obvious that we are toddlers when it comes to understanding cosmic forces. When we can manipulate gravity to our will I will then listen to what these crackpots theorize about black holes, dark matter, and generally any other phenomena we can't OBSERVE.
I object to power without constructive purpose. --Spock
blah blah blah blah...parrot squawks....you are full of dung....when we can pwn gravity I will listen to the ramblings of ignorant assholes
I object to power without constructive purpose. --Spock