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China Launches Dark Matter Space Probe (nature.com)
hackingbear writes: China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite Wukong, named after the fictional character Monkey King, was successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province on Thursday. The probe will be in service for three years to observe the direction, energy and electric charge of high-energy particles in space in search of dark matter. Two further missions will blast off next year: the world's first quantum-communications satellite and an X-ray telescope observing in a unique energy band. Together, these missions mark a new start for space science in China which previously focused on non-science missions, says Wu Ji, director-general of the National Space Science Centre (NSSC).
How did they find enough dark matter to build a space probe? I thought that stuff was hard to find. :)
It makes up 95% of the universe actually
We think that we do know where some dark matter proably is. A scientist at NASA's jet propulsion lab has calculated that dark matter strands lie past the moons orbit. Here's a link http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/n...
Check this link to find out where dark matter may lie in earth's neighborhood twice the distance to the moon. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/n...
It's so funny that people really believe that foreign countries are inherently evil because they are not your own. Don't you think it's more logical that their government really is trying to do what is best for their people? Sure, there are dictatorships and there are probably alot of countries that are lead for more selfish means.
Well 95 is a bit of a stretch, 95% is roughly dark matter and dark energy combined, and they think dark matter makes up about 25% total...
The toughest problem is laring to spell
Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
... and learning to type :)
Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
Exactly I got modded as flamebait because China can be trusted or something? They have a proven track record not to be trusted, they are destroying food chains, fisheries and natural resources "just because". They are killing their own people, help sponsor some of the worst bot nets in the world, the smog is enough to kill 3 countries, shall I go on? lol Not saying we are better but to think they are innocent is just as bad.... I don't trust them because I read up on what they are doing, and no I'm not talking about CNN or fox news.