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Dark Matter Scientists Observe the Rarest Event in History
Popular Mechanics ^ | April 27, 2019 | Avery Thompson

Posted on 04/29/2019 8:47:54 AM PDT by C19fan

Researchers at the XENON dark matter observatory have spotted something incredibly rare. Unfortunately, it’s not dark matter, but it is the next best thing. The detectors at the observatory have spotted the decay of xenon-124, the rarest event ever recorded in human history.

The XENON experiment is designed to detect dark matter, which is not an easy task. The reason that dark matter is so mysterious is that it pretty much never does anything, which makes it hard to spot. Dark matter doesn’t give off light, or have any sort of magnetic field, and it almost never interacts with normal matter in any way.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; neutrino; neutrinoless; noblegases; physics; science; twoelectroncapture; xenon124
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To: C19fan

“Dark Matter” is a thing made up to account for that which couldn’t be explained by a theory


21 posted on 04/29/2019 9:10:31 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dfwgator

That was so not cool. True, but not cool.


22 posted on 04/29/2019 9:10:43 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: TexasGator

To be fair “Dark Matter” is a fancy way of saying fudge factor


23 posted on 04/29/2019 9:11:52 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

Exactly.
It also funds Physicist research for those who can’t cut it in the private sector.


24 posted on 04/29/2019 9:19:22 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: C19fan

Maybe we better have one of those dark matter detectors part if the Southern border wall.


25 posted on 04/29/2019 9:21:34 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Spirochete
"Rare because there hasn't been a recorded instance of it..."

Does the Revenue Act of 1964 signed into law by LBJ count?

26 posted on 04/29/2019 9:22:40 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: colorado tanker
Fascinating. As a non-scientist I will confess that at times I’ve been skeptical whether dark matter exists or if it was invented to make the models work.

Thats because it was invented to make the models work. By definition it cannot be observed directly so it's never been observed directly but this presence of immense amounts of invisible, intangible stuff is needed to make the models fit actual observed phenomena. It might even be real. But currently it's a hypothesis that explains some otherwise catastrophic model issues for celestial mechanics.

But this experiment didn't detect dark matter, it just caught a freak event that that had nothing to do with dark matter and just happened to occur in an apparatus they were monitoring hoping to find dark matter so they saw it.

27 posted on 04/29/2019 9:25:36 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: C19fan
Dark Matter Scientists Observe the Rarest Event in History

A hate crime that isn't a hoax?

28 posted on 04/29/2019 9:26:45 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Trying to avoid all the implications that would occur if celestial mechanics (Newton!)is wrong!

My bet is before that happens they’ll detect something that sort of fits the current theory or a serious addendum to celestial mechanics theory will be found.


29 posted on 04/29/2019 9:35:59 AM PDT by Reily
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To: C19fan

So you’re saying Xenon-124 is a Democrat?


30 posted on 04/29/2019 9:38:30 AM PDT by Hootowl
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To: dfwgator

HRC saying the words “I was wrong”?


31 posted on 04/29/2019 9:41:09 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: C19fan

Dark Matter Lives?

or

Dark Lives Matter?


32 posted on 04/29/2019 9:41:36 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Red Badger

The phallic symbol is strong with this one.


33 posted on 04/29/2019 9:41:37 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: C19fan

The Clintons paying for their own meal?

CC


34 posted on 04/29/2019 9:42:39 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: colorado tanker

The answer is probably yes, and yes.


35 posted on 04/29/2019 9:42:47 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: C19fan

I saw some dark matter once, but I didn’t say anything about it because I thought nobody would believe me.


36 posted on 04/29/2019 9:43:37 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Zathras

True words


37 posted on 04/29/2019 9:44:52 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Reily
My bet is before that happens they’ll detect something that sort of fits the current theory or a serious addendum to celestial mechanics theory will be found.

If dark matter is proven to be a crock, they will move on to their next hypothesis: A wizard did it!


38 posted on 04/29/2019 9:46:52 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: C19fan

” have spotted the decay of xenon-124, the rarest event ever recorded in human history.”

Please, the rarest event in human history would be a leftist telling the truth


39 posted on 04/29/2019 9:46:56 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Its happened before.


40 posted on 04/29/2019 9:48:33 AM PDT by Reily
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