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Scientists Find First Signs of Dark Matter at LHC
Daily Tech ^ | 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytech.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: darkmatter; stringtheory
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1 posted on 02/01/2011 3:01:28 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

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


2 posted on 02/01/2011 3:03:51 PM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That’s racist!

It is HALF dark!


3 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)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


4 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))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
YO, WHY'S IT GOTTA BE DARK?

/convenient outrage

5 posted on 02/01/2011 3:08:29 PM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Virtually all science “news” is speculative.

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


6 posted on 02/01/2011 3:08:57 PM PST by DManA
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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?

7 posted on 02/01/2011 3:13:17 PM PST by cicero2k
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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.
8 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.)
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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!"

9 posted on 02/01/2011 3:14:41 PM PST by GreenHornet
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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.


10 posted on 02/01/2011 3:20:11 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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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

11 posted on 02/01/2011 3:24:44 PM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: GreenHornet

LOL!


12 posted on 02/01/2011 3:49:28 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: sodpoodle; bunkerhill7

ROFL!


13 posted on 02/01/2011 3:51:05 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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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??


14 posted on 02/01/2011 4:09:44 PM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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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?

15 posted on 02/01/2011 4:14:51 PM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: Williams

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

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


16 posted on 02/01/2011 4:22:15 PM PST by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

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

17 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)
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To: Captain Beyond; AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; ...

Thanks Captain Beyond.


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18 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.)
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To: Williams

Jason Mick is a hardcore Progressive...


19 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!)
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To: Williams

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


20 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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