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Posted on 06/22/2010 3:48:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
British scientists have claimed that the method used to calculate the make-up of the universe may be wrong.
The universe as we know it -- formed of recognisable components such as planets, stars, asteroids and gas -- accounts for just four per cent of the cosmos, according to the decades old Standard Model.
The rest is thought to be made up of mysterious dark matter and dark energy. This permeates space and powers the expansion of the universe.
But physicists at Durham University now claim the calculations on which the Standard Model is based could be fatally flawed.
This raises the possibility that the "dark side" of the cosmos does not exist, which in turn could mean that the universe is expanding less quickly than previously thought...
A new analysis of measurements taken by NASA of Big Bang heat radiation in 2001 showed that the heat waves may be far smaller than previously thought.
When the measurements were first taken in 2001 the size of the ripples in the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation led scientists to conclude that the cosmos is made up of four percent "normal" matter, 22 percent "dark" or invisible matter and 74 percent "dark" energy.
But scientists now claim that the waves of radiation which were previously measured at about twice the size of the full moon may in fact be less than half that size.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Interesting, if true. A ton of science posters in schools all over would have to be trashed.
I wonder what this will do with respect to estimates of the age of the universe.
It’s good to see people get a clue that they might not have a clue. :)
I wonder how much of the universe(even our own planet for that matter) we REALLY know, versus what we *THINK* we know, but really haven’t a clue about.
Cosmic, man!
But this doesn’t indicate if there would still be unaccountable matter.
The only way that can be seen is if one is zooming through space via the improbability drive.
:’) /bingo
Oooooh, I think you’re onto something there...
Those usually need to be trashed by the time they’re printed. :’)
“I wonder how much of the universe(even our own planet for that matter) we REALLY know, versus what we *THINK* we know, but really haven’t a clue about.”
My thoughts on this for as long as I can remember have been that if you (anyone) walks into their back yard and looks around, there is virtually nothing there that we have anything other than a superficial understanding of. Once you start peeling back the onion on anything you see - you really know next to nothing...
Yet we attempt to enplane the universe.
Wait a week. It’ll be back.
Dark energy may not exist in space, scientists claim, but definitely exists in Hell and in the space between Obummer`s ears.
Dark energy may not exist in space, scientists claim, but definitely exists in Hell and in the space between Obummer`s ears.
You mean, such as being able to prove that the Earth is less than 6000 years old?
Only GOD knows! One of the many reasons to get right with HIM. The afterlife is wondrous if chosen correctly.
No. Actually, I meant that if the universe isn't expanding as quickly as previously thought, perhaps the universe is MUCH older than the math currently indicates it is.
I'm not a mathematician, but you'd think that the "rate of expansion" would be a pretty important and significant variable.
“...the improbability drive.”
“...infinite improbability drive.”
Very true. The whole expansion of the universe into a void which is somehow “not” the universe, is a concept that’s hard for me to assimilate.
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