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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somebody in Wall Street is even now figuring out a way to make a derivative out of this.
Ok someone give me a Mass on this....
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
Sounds like NASA is begging for a bigger telescope.
LoL!
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*
maybe they should clean the dust off the lens...
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
“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.
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