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To: annie laurie

These guys are telling us that “dark matter” is undetectable and yet they’ve found a whole galaxy made out of it????


3 posted on 06/14/2007 8:54:44 PM PDT by rickdylan
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To: rickdylan
Here's to most detailed picture of it to date.

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4 posted on 06/14/2007 8:55:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: rickdylan
Exclusive photo of VIRGOHI21 galaxy:


5 posted on 06/14/2007 8:57:20 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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To: rickdylan

We detect the effects of dark matter. In this case a regular galaxy has undergone a collision with... nothing. It turns out the nothing is dark matter. Even Hubble shows no stars in the background of the region. It would be detectable by radio frequency, though, which Arecibo did.


9 posted on 06/14/2007 9:34:37 PM PDT by gcruse
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