NASA confirms... Dark Matter exists.

NASA confirms... Dark Matter exists.

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US astronomers on Tuesday presented the most solid proof yet of the existence of dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe.

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I know most people have already believed in its existence, but to actually find theoretical proof. Now they can find out what it's governed by...

Very cool.

"This is the first time we have detected dark matter as having a unique structure that is different from the gas and galaxies in the cluster," said James Jee, a member of NASA's team of astronomers.

AAC

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[edit on 15-5-2007 by AnAbsoluteCreation]

there is a symposium for week, this week in montreal at the university on this. I was watching it tonight on the news.

All ready posted here www.abovetopsecret.com....

Feel free to contribute.

Originally posted by junglelord
there is a symposium for week, this week in montreal at the university on this. I was watching it tonight on the news.

Keep us posted!

I just get carried away in my thoughts when scientists talk about understanding the unknown. Like what the "inside-out" looks like.

AAC

can someone tell me (since im to lazy to do research at 1am..lol..how far is 5 billion light years in miles? I ask because how in the *$#@ can ANYTHING see that far? I'm sorry but something tells me hubble isn't what they are using to see that far into space. I mean tell me its 5000 miles away..ok I can get on that bandwagon. But 5 BILLION light years...I think something is either a little fake, we are using FAR more technology then NASA will admit, or I just can't phathom being able to see that far through a manmade telescopeish type thing..lol.

Originally posted by shadow_soldier1975
can someone tell me (since im to lazy to do research at 1am..lol..how far is 5 billion light years in miles?

A light-year is equal to:

* 9,460,730,472,580.8 km (about 9.461 Pm)
* about 5,879,000,000,000 statute miles
* about 63,240 astronomical units
* about 0.3066 parsecs

en.wikipedia.org...



So thats about 29,395,000,000,000 miles


[edit on 5/16/2007 by Alien42]