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Physicists Wonder: Why Has No One Been Killed by Dark Matter?
Gizmodo ^ | July 17, 2019 | Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Posted on 07/18/2019 6:09:07 AM PDT by C19fan

The fact that no one has died from being struck by dark matter is enough proof to rule out certain ideas about the mysterious stuff, according to one new theory paper.

There’s a conundrum facing physicists: Most of the universe’s mass appears to be missing, based on observations of the universe’s structure, how galaxies move, and how they seem to warp distant light. Thousands of physicists are now hunting for what might be producing these effects. But the mere fact that we’re alive here on Earth can offer some insight as to what dark matter isn’t, and the researchers behind the new paper say the human body itself can serve as a dark matter detector.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; gravity; physics; science; stringtheory
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To: Little Ray

I’ve got some in my basement.....................somewhere..............


41 posted on 07/18/2019 6:37:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.............................😃)
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To: Red Badger

It might not be dark either


42 posted on 07/18/2019 6:38:10 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: FewsOrange

That’s true!

It might be ‘light’!......................


43 posted on 07/18/2019 6:40:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.............................😃)
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To: C19fan

Hmmm? How many billions have died since the big bang?

Prove, or at least give me a plausibility argument that, say, old age isn’t caused by dark mater induced degradation.

Let alone the insanities that lead to violence on the retail level as murder and mayhem, or wholesale wars.

You might call it dark matter on grey matter violence...


44 posted on 07/18/2019 6:40:58 AM PDT by null and void (The Left isn't banning "Hate Speech", they are banning speech they hate. BIG difference.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

*ouch*


45 posted on 07/18/2019 6:42:07 AM PDT by null and void (The Left isn't banning "Hate Speech", they are banning speech they hate. BIG difference.)
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To: P.O.E.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18wxYslVuT8


46 posted on 07/18/2019 6:42:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.............................😃)
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To: C19fan
New excuse for missing school assignments-

"Sorry, teacher...dark matter ate my homework."

47 posted on 07/18/2019 6:43:10 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: C19fan
Why Has No One Been Killed by Dark Matter?

Perhaps those killed by "Spontaneous Combustion" are examples?

For example, see:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/shc.htm

48 posted on 07/18/2019 6:44:47 AM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: C19fan
"If such a particle existed, and given how much dark matter we expect there to be in the universe, such a particle should at some point have caused an unexplained gunshot-like wound in a human being, according to the paper published on the arXiv physics preprint server."

Maybe there was some dark matter on the grassy knoll.
49 posted on 07/18/2019 6:48:52 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: C19fan

Here’s the main claim of the paper:

Most recently, scientists Jagjit Singh Sidhu and Glenn Starkman, both from Case Western Reserve University, and Robert J. Scherrer from Vanderbilt University considered another class of particles that would be macroscopic, and around or less massive than a human being. But here’s the thing: If such a particle existed, and given how much dark matter we expect there to be in the universe, such a particle should at some point have caused an unexplained gunshot-like wound in a human being, according to the paper published on the arXiv physics preprint server.

Some of the comments about Dark Matter on this thread make Conservatives look stupid.


50 posted on 07/18/2019 6:49:38 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

I saw what you did there...chuckle. ;>)


51 posted on 07/18/2019 6:49:39 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Every time a Muslim dies an angel gets his wings.)
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To: C19fan

New defense in murder trials: It wasn’t me, he was killed by dark matter but it’s invisible and undetectable so that’s why there is no evidence to clear me!


52 posted on 07/18/2019 6:52:41 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: eCSMaster

Ping


53 posted on 07/18/2019 6:54:26 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: EEGator
I knew an atheist in college who believed in String Theory, and laughed about those who believe in God.

It's a WAVE!




54 posted on 07/18/2019 6:56:13 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: SJSAMPLE

Perfect!


55 posted on 07/18/2019 6:58:17 AM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: C19fan

“Why Has No One Been Killed by Dark Matter?”

I liked the plot of the first few episodes, but didn’t stick around until the series’ death.


56 posted on 07/18/2019 7:00:47 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: C19fan

Because you have to eat just too damned much Arby’s to ingest a fatal dose.


57 posted on 07/18/2019 7:02:04 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: mjp
what about spontaneous combustion?

Didn't one of Spinal Tap's drummers die of that?

Or was it choking on his own vomit?

58 posted on 07/18/2019 7:02:23 AM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Eenie meanie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak....)
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
Yes.


59 posted on 07/18/2019 7:18:04 AM PDT by null and void (The Democratic Party is back to loving workers but hating employers. A winning formula IÂ’m sure.)
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To: C19fan

Dark matter, same same as the evolutionary theorists ‘millions and millions of years’ mantra.


60 posted on 07/18/2019 7:40:14 AM PDT by exPBRrat (.)
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