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Scientists Find First Signs of Dark Matter at LHC
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| February 1, 2011 1:45 PM
| Jason Mick (Blog)
Posted on 02/01/2011 3:01:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Discovery of dark matter's behavior would solve many outstanding mysteries in physics
Dark matter makes up five times more of the universe's mass that visible matter (~25% vs ~5%), yet scientists have yet to directly observe this ultra-abundant substance. Scientists also have yet to observe dark energy, which may well beat out normal energy in universal abundance. This lack of direct observations means that scientists no precious little about two of the most important physical components of our universe.
That could soon change. CERN's Large Hadron Collider, a 17-mile long circular underground track that is chilled to almost zero degrees Kelvin, is recording incredibly violent collisions, the likes of which haven't been seen since billions of years ago. Those collisions will likely produce exotic substances like dark matter, which will be analyzed by the LHC's instruments, unlocking long debated mysteries of physics.
Scientists think they are making progress in the hunt for the SUSY also known as supersymmetric particle, or 'sparticle'. Scientists believe the sparticle may be the mysterious dark matter, given its theoretical stability.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: darkmatter; stringtheory
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Can I trust an article on advanced physics, when the spelling appears to be phonetic?
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:03:51 PM PST
by
Williams
(It's the policies, stupid.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That’s racist!
It is HALF dark!
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:05:26 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(The TOTUS-reader is a Judas Goat, leading the American sheeple to the slaugherhouse /Parmy)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:06:27 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
YO, WHY'S IT GOTTA BE DARK?
/convenient outrage
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:08:29 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Virtually all science “news” is speculative.
That COULD soon change.
will LIKELY produce
Scientists THINK they are making progress
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:08:57 PM PST
by
DManA
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
the likes of which haven't been seen since billions of years ago. And who pray tell were around to observe?
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:13:17 PM PST
by
cicero2k
To: Williams
DOSE COLLISHUNS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXOTIC SUBSTANCEZ LIEK DARK MATTR, WHICH WILL BE ANALYZD BY TEH LHCS INSTRUMENTS, UNLOCKIN LONG DEBATD MYSTERIEZ OV FYSICS.
I can understand articles like this better if I first translate them into LOLcat... but really - since it's an 'experiment' it might not produce the 'likely' results - and that might be exciting.
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:13:57 PM PST
by
Maurice Tift
(You can't stop the signal, Mal. You can never stop the signal.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Scientists think they are making progress in the hunt for the SUSY also known as supersymmetric particle, or 'sparticle'. Scientists are having difficulty identifying the real super symmetric particle, because all of the other particles keep shouting out: "I'm Sparticle!".."No, I'm Sparcticle!"..."I'm Sparticle!"..."I'm Sparticle!"
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
****This lack of direct observations means that scientists no precious little about two of the most important physical components of our universe.****
No it don’t;)
Two of the most important physical components of our universe is verbs and knowns.
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posted on
02/01/2011 3:20:11 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Scientists Find First Signs of Dark Matter at LHC;
CERN Discovers first Dark Matter Particle,:
`The Darkie`
NAACP Sues CERN
To: GreenHornet
To: sodpoodle; bunkerhill7
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And he question is...
Can the Dark matter and the visible matter live together in the same neighborhood without annihilating each other??
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posted on
02/01/2011 4:09:44 PM PST
by
NeverForgetBataan
(To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dark matter makes up five times more of the universe's mass that visible matter... This lack of direct observations means that scientists no precious little...
Did a child write this?
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posted on
02/01/2011 4:14:51 PM PST
by
3niner
(When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
To: Williams
Add to that that it is ‘Kelvin’, not ‘degrees Kelvin’.
Of course, hardly anyone ever gets that right. /pedanticism
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posted on
02/01/2011 4:22:15 PM PST
by
Moltke
(Always retaliate first.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Dark Matter, it's responsible for everything (except things caused by Global Warming).
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posted on
02/01/2011 4:36:46 PM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Captain Beyond; AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; ...
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posted on
02/01/2011 4:57:40 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Williams
Jason Mick is a hardcore Progressive...
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:10:50 PM PST
by
surfer
(To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
To: Williams
Like I said to my little girl: “No, precious!”.
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:18:15 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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