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Light fantastic (14 billion year old light imaged)
AFP ^ | May 24 2002

Posted on 05/24/2002 8:06:47 AM PDT by dead

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1 posted on 05/24/2002 8:06:47 AM PDT by dead
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Dude, it looks like the anthrax virus...
2 posted on 05/24/2002 8:09:55 AM PDT by Registered
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3 posted on 05/24/2002 8:10:48 AM PDT by Registered
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To: Registered
I thought it looked like the face on Mars.
4 posted on 05/24/2002 8:12:40 AM PDT by dead
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To: dead
You're on drugs ;-)
5 posted on 05/24/2002 8:13:08 AM PDT by Registered
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To: Registered
Scary!
6 posted on 05/24/2002 8:13:10 AM PDT by dead
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Numerous researchers believe that 95 per cent of the mass of the universe is invisible, made up of 50 per cent vacuum and 45 per cent dark matter.
There's a puzzler for you. In what sense can a vacuum be considered mass?
7 posted on 05/24/2002 8:14:07 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: dead
14 billion? Sounds as though this pic just broke the old record by a nose:


8 posted on 05/24/2002 8:15:51 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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Numerous researchers believe that 95 per cent of the mass of the universe is invisible, made up of 50 per cent vacuum

vacuum = a space empty of matter

How can 95% of the mass of the universe consist of 50% space empty of matter?

Must be products of government schools.

9 posted on 05/24/2002 8:16:14 AM PDT by jimkress
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To: dead
Moved from news to chat? Huh?
10 posted on 05/24/2002 8:18:59 AM PDT by Registered
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I think they mean the universe is 50% vacuum, 45% dark matter and 5% matter they can find.
11 posted on 05/24/2002 8:21:29 AM PDT by spunkets
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I've decided it's just sloppy writing. What he meant to say is "95 per cent of the mass of the universe is invisible, made up of 50 per cent vacuum and 45 per cent dark matter."
12 posted on 05/24/2002 8:21:32 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: dead
I don't think I believe all this Big Bang stuff. I don't think the universe is only 14 billion years old. We don't even have words to explain what "light" really is. We are just on the first baby-step of a big knowledge adventure. parsy.
13 posted on 05/24/2002 8:21:55 AM PDT by parsifal
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Or he could have meant to say "95 per cent of the mass of the universe is invisible, made up of 50 per cent vacuum and 45 per cent dark matter.
14 posted on 05/24/2002 8:23:26 AM PDT by eastsider
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When you're a moderator with nothing to moderate, you have to keep busy somehow.
15 posted on 05/24/2002 8:26:28 AM PDT by dead
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In what sense can a vacuum be considered mass?

You look at this (below) and tell me that it doesn't have mass...


16 posted on 05/24/2002 8:30:33 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: dead
BTW, what on FR isn't chat?
17 posted on 05/24/2002 8:30:57 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: Tennessee_Bob
I think I'm having a flashback.
18 posted on 05/24/2002 8:34:52 AM PDT by eastsider
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They have at least 10% of the matter accounted for, so the 5% matter/45%dark are good rough numbers. The rest is vacuum, which is an important part of the universe. Each cm3 of vacuum contains more energy than the entire other 1/2 of the universe. The interaction of a photon with the vacuum is what limits light ot a speed of 3*108 m/sec
19 posted on 05/24/2002 8:50:45 AM PDT by spunkets
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Each cm3 of vacuum contains more energy than the entire other 1/2 of the universe.
What kind of energy, and what is the source of that energy?
20 posted on 05/24/2002 8:57:38 AM PDT by eastsider
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