Scientists Find First Signs of Dark Matter at LHC

Daily Tech ^ | February 1, 2011 1:45 PM | Jason Mick (Blog)

[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.

[Williams]

Can I trust an article on advanced physics, when the spelling appears to be phonetic?

[freedumb2003]

That’s racist!

It is HALF dark!

[Captain Beyond]

ping

[SIDENET]

YO, WHY'S IT GOTTA BE DARK?

/convenient outrage

[DManA]

Virtually all science “news” is speculative.

That COULD soon change.
will LIKELY produce
Scientists THINK they are making progress

[cicero2k]

the likes of which haven't been seen since billions of years ago.

And who pray tell were around to observe?

[Maurice Tift]

  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.

[GreenHornet]

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!"

[sodpoodle]

****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.

[bunkerhill7]

Scientists Find First Signs of Dark Matter at LHC;

CERN Discovers first Dark Matter Particle,:

`The Darkie`

NAACP Sues CERN

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

[NeverForgetBataan]

And he question is...

Can the Dark matter and the visible matter live together in the same neighborhood without annihilating each other??

[3niner]

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?

[Moltke]

Add to that that it is ‘Kelvin’, not ‘degrees Kelvin’.

Of course, hardly anyone ever gets that right. /pedanticism

[qam1]

Dark Matter, it's responsible for everything (except things caused by Global Warming).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Captain Beyond.

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[surfer]

Jason Mick is a hardcore Progressive...

[steve86]

Like I said to my little girl: “No, precious!”.