HST and 'dark matter' |
HST and 'dark matter' |
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May 11 2007, 05:13 PM
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ASA Updates Plans for Hubble 'Ring Of Dark Matter' Briefing
GREENBELT, Md. - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on May 15 to discuss the strongest evidence to date that dark matter exists. This evidence was found in a ghostly ring of dark matter in the cluster CL0024+17, discovered using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The ring is the first detection of dark matter with a unique structure different from the distribution of both the galaxies and the hot gas in the cluster. The discovery will be featured in the June 20 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. |
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Mar 11 2010, 04:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
So in layman's terms, this is a potential 'theory of everything' if it's proven? Fascinating stuff.
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Mar 11 2010, 05:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
So in layman's terms, this is a potential 'theory of everything' if it's proven? Fascinating stuff. No, it's just a new way to look at gravity. But it's a very, very exciting new way to look at gravity. I'm not a physicist myself, but my college friends who became physicists are pretty excited about it, and that's good enough for me. --Greg |
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