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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Jul 13 2010, 12:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1591 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
The NY Times covers Verlinde, and does the newspaperly thing of gleaning quotes from lots of other physicists:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html What Verlinde actually said in his paper is not covered terribly well. |
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Jul 13 2010, 12:08 PM
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What Verlinde actually said in his paper is not covered terribly well. I hope so, because the article contains this line: QUOTE ...gravity is simply a byproduct of nature’s propensity to maximize disorder. Which seems counter-intuitive to me. Surely the impact of gravity is order? Andy |
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