Scientists may hold key to a cosmic enigma: study

AFP ^ | January 30, 2008 | Marlowe Hood

[decimon]

I'm in the dark about these matters and haven't the energy to learn.

[Laptop_Ron]

I gotta stop doing these quick glances through the article titles. I read this as “..cosmic enema.” Geez.

[driftdiver]

“One is that the Universe is filled with so-called dark energy, a substance that has been inferred but never seen.”

Its inferred but never seen, sounds quite worthy of a government grant or two.

[tet68]

It will probably turn out that the “big bang” is still going on, hence the accelleration is increasing.

I mean, it only happened yesterday...

[Weaponier]

Maybe its expanding faster because God wants it too?

[Shortwave]

I thought it was because God wanted it that way - who knew?

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Maybe to keep the bad aliens away from the good ones.

[decimon]

I read this as “..cosmic enema.” Geez.

There's some dark energy for ya.

[raygunfan]

“One is that the Universe is filled with so-called dark energy, a substance that has been inferred but never seen.”

perfect ‘scientific’ evidence.......

and they laff a creationists (roll eyes here...)

[the invisib1e hand]

threads about asteroids and cosmic enigmas...

[wastedyears]

Just more of the stuff we’re never going to know before at least 100 years.

[decimon]

...sounds quite worthy of a government grant or two.

From the article it seems the European taxpayers are on the hook for observatories wherever there is a tall mountain.

[LiteKeeper]

Maybe the Universe didn’t begin with the Big Bang, but instead, was created by God?

[jrg]

Maybe all of this is nothing more than a passing thought in the mind of God.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It’s because of global warming.

[Teflonic]

I really can’t buy the theory of “dark energy”, the invisible force at work is magnetism if you ask me.

[driftdiver]

“I really can’t buy the theory of “dark energy”, the invisible force at work is magnetism if you ask m”

Dont think magnetism is effective over the long distances, I could be wrong of course.

[decimon]

I really can’t buy the theory of “dark energy”, the invisible force at work is magnetism if you ask me.

Magnetism as opposed to gravity? What would generate the magnetism?

Not trying to give you a hard time with that as I don't have a clue.

[squidly]

It's a tractor beam, it's pulling us in! I'm full power kid, I'm gonna have to shut down.

[decimon]

Scotty, you get this right or your next job will be a bouncer in a Klingon cathouse.