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Physicists discover 'dark flow' motion
upi.com ^ | September 24, 2008 | UPI

Posted on 09/25/2008 1:51:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Scientists using data from the U.S. space agency's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers say the cause of the motion might be the gravitational attraction of matter that lies beyond the observable universe.

"The clusters show a small but measurable velocity that is independent of the universe's expansion and does not change as distances increase," said lead researcher Alexander Kashlinsky at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "We never expected to find anything like this."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astrophysics
This is why I love microwave, and you can heat pizza in 2 minutes.
1 posted on 09/25/2008 1:51:18 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

somebody in Wall Street is even now figuring out a way to make a derivative out of this.


2 posted on 09/25/2008 1:59:01 AM PDT by kms61
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To: kms61

Ok someone give me a Mass on this....


3 posted on 09/25/2008 2:03:00 AM PDT by Danae (Read my Lipstick: I AM Sarah Palin)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - Shakespere


4 posted on 09/25/2008 2:07:35 AM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs (Reason is out to lunch. How may I help you?)
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To: Danae

Sounds like NASA is begging for a bigger telescope.


5 posted on 09/25/2008 2:08:47 AM PDT by willyd (Tickets, fines, fees, permits and inspections are synonyms for taxes)
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To: kms61

LoL!


6 posted on 09/25/2008 2:38:16 AM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Young girl walks into a Walgreens and says “I need to get some maxi-pads but I don’t know what kind.”

Pharmacist says “What’s your flow like?”

She says “linoleum.”

*rimshot*


7 posted on 09/25/2008 2:42:51 AM PDT by ovrtaxt ( One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress. --John Adams)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

maybe they should clean the dust off the lens...


8 posted on 09/25/2008 2:59:17 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Berlin_Freeper
There is a simple explanation for this. The observable universe is an illusion. The human brain with its five senses cannot perceive reality.
9 posted on 09/25/2008 4:03:32 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I'm not an astrophysicist, but isn't it apparent to about everyone these days that every new finding they can't explain is attributed to "dark energy" or "dark matter" or some other "dark" enhanced noun and made to sound as if they know exactly what the cause is?

gimme a break, "dark" is the new ether of science. Just say you don't know and stop applying for grants pretending you have a clue

10 posted on 09/25/2008 4:56:53 AM PDT by Lloyd227 (and may God bless Oriana Fallaci)
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To: Lloyd227

“Dark” matter is just a code word racists use. And Sarah Palin once looked through a telescope. Spread the rumor on DU. The connection is obvious.


11 posted on 09/25/2008 5:13:18 AM PDT by bitterdfwrepub
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