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Monash student finds Universe’s missing mass (or at least some of it)
Monash University ^
| May 23, 2011
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Posted on 05/24/2011 9:21:33 AM PDT by decimon
A Monash student has made a breakthrough in the field of astrophysics, discovering what has until now been described as the Universes missing mass. Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, working within a team at the Monash School of Physics, conducted a targeted X-ray search for the matter and within just three months found it or at least some of it.
What makes the discovery all the more noteworthy is the fact that Ms Fraser-McKelvie is not a career researcher, or even studying at a postgraduate level. She is a 22-year-old undergraduate Aerospace Engineering/Science student who pinpointed the missing mass during a summer scholarship, working with two astrophysicists at the School of Physics, Dr Kevin Pimbblet and Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway.
(Excerpt) Read more at monash.edu.au ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: stringtheory
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:21:35 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
Filament of imagination ping.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
I was wondering where I had put it!
3
posted on
05/24/2011 9:25:03 AM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: decimon
Any chance he found my car keys or Pia Zadora’s career?
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:25:37 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: decimon
Nice to know that for at least one college grad there will be multiple job offers waiting.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:28:10 AM PDT
by
pabianice
To: decimon
I found some of it in my backyard.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:30:00 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: decimon
So where was it? Under the couch again?
7
posted on
05/24/2011 9:30:20 AM PDT
by
Rammer
To: freedumb2003
Pia Zadoras career? After "The Lonely Lady" it compacted itself into a black hole and disappeared into an alternate universe.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:30:41 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: decimon
I had it in a shoe box under my bed ... I’m sorry ... I’ll give it back.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:31:16 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: pabianice
Nice to know that for at least one college grad there will be multiple job offers waiting. And every one of them at a tax squandering government institution no doubt.
To: Lurker
>>After “The Lonely Lady” it compacted itself into a black hole and disappeared into an alternate universe.<<
Too bad “Yentl” didn’t do the same to babs.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:32:43 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: decimon
What makes the discovery all the more noteworthy is the fact that Ms Fraser-McKelvie is not a career researcher, or even studying at a postgraduate level. She is a 22-year-old undergraduate Aerospace Engineering/Science student who pinpointed the missing mass during a summer scholarship, Isn't that the opening to almost every "Bones" and "L&O" episode?
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:34:46 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: decimon
Don’t look at me! I didn’t move it.
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:37:04 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(The stench of dependency is a sickening smell. Strive to become an asset, not a liability.)
To: decimon
“And they wondered where the matter went,
‘Til she found it in a filament...”
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:39:17 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Now, if they could just locate all those missing socks...)
It's long been my belief that a goodly portion of the universes missing mass is made up of socks. Was she able to pinpoint the location of those?
Mark
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:44:55 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: decimon
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:55:11 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: decimon
What I want to know is how they know what the mass of the universe is supposed to be, let alone that some of it was missing?
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posted on
05/24/2011 9:59:13 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: MarkL
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posted on
05/24/2011 10:02:00 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: MarkL
Sock Monster!
that’s my wife’s story and I’m standing behind her on that!
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posted on
05/24/2011 10:07:44 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less." M Rosen)
To: decimon
It was under Michelle Obama’s dress all along, wasn’t it?
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posted on
05/24/2011 10:12:45 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(A "Moderate Muslim"? Nothing more than a Muslim Extremist who has run out of ammo.)
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