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Scientists expected to unveil the discovery of dark matter
Mail Online UK ^ | 12-10-09

Posted on 12/10/2009 12:40:05 AM PST by geddylee

Physicists have detected a particle of dark matter for the first time in human history, according to rumours buzzing around the internet.

Should it prove correct the finding would have an Earth-shattering effect on our understanding of how galaxies form. This week news leaked onto a physics blog that researchers from this Cryogenic Dark Matter Search will publish some important results in the next edition of the journal Nature. Physics papers rarely appear in that journal, except to announce a new discovery. The New Scientist has also reported that talks have hurriedly been scheduled for 18 December at SLAC National Laboratory, the University of California Santa Barbara and Fermilab - all prominent institutions within the CDMS collaboration. If the rumours turn

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Technical
KEYWORDS: darkmatter; science

1 posted on 12/10/2009 12:40:06 AM PST by geddylee
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To: geddylee

They found it in Barack Obama’s cranium.


2 posted on 12/10/2009 12:47:44 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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To: geddylee

This aint’ news... my ex-wife discovered dark matter years ago, in our kitchen to be exact, she would always pull it from the oven around dinner time...


3 posted on 12/10/2009 12:51:15 AM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Sorry, not even dark matter resides there. It’s just empty space.


4 posted on 12/10/2009 12:54:02 AM PST by UAConservative (Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere)
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To: geddylee

This is one subject you don’t want to shine any light on.


5 posted on 12/10/2009 12:55:42 AM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: geddylee

Cool


6 posted on 12/10/2009 1:03:37 AM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Sign me up for the Franklin mint commemorative plate.


7 posted on 12/10/2009 1:31:48 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
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To: geddylee

But, but, but... just how do the SEE it?

Oh, I get it! It is just like Climate Change... we have to trust them...


8 posted on 12/10/2009 2:08:34 AM PST by coldoc
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To: geddylee
"it is not by the color of our Matter, but by the content of our space/time continueum"

Martin Luther Erkel
PHD Astophysics

9 posted on 12/10/2009 2:35:43 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: geddylee

Sounds racist to me.


10 posted on 12/10/2009 2:44:57 AM PST by chemicalman
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To: geddylee

The scientists will admit Dr. Suess discovered it long before. It’s called “VROOM!” and cleans up everything in your house before Mom comes home.


11 posted on 12/10/2009 3:03:05 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: geddylee

Wait 5 years. They will “discover” that they were wrong.


12 posted on 12/10/2009 4:15:10 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Thrownatbirth

No,, that was speed, and The Cat in the Hat is a bad drug trip.


13 posted on 12/10/2009 4:36:46 AM PST by Wildbill22
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
This aint’ news... my ex-wife discovered dark matter years ago, in our kitchen to be exact, she would always pull it from the oven around dinner time...

Thought the smoke alarm was an oven timer 'eh? :)

14 posted on 12/10/2009 4:38:26 AM PST by IamConservative (Liberty is all a good man needs to succeed.)
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To: geddylee
Kevin: Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it!
[Kevin's parents explode]
Kevin: Mom? Dad?

15 posted on 12/10/2009 6:53:28 AM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: chemicalman
Sounds racist to me.

Nah - you're confusing that with Darkie Matter.


16 posted on 12/10/2009 6:56:24 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Socialism is hip until somebody loses a paycheck)
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To: geddylee
Two direct hits in dark matter hunt: Subterranean detector may have nabbed elusive particles.

Nature News' version

17 posted on 12/20/2009 12:12:22 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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