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Earth being bombarded by dark matter
Russia Today
Saturday, Nov 22, 2008
Scientists think they may have discovered an elusive substance known as dark matter - which experts believe makes up 90 percent of the universe. It’s hoped it may hold the key to how and when the universe was formed.
The breakthrough was made by a high tech system above Antarctica which detected that a nearby object is pounding the earth with particles. The authors of the new study, the ‘Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter’ (ATIC), believe that it could be one of two cases.
“In the first case, we have now seen for the first time a nearby source of cosmic rays. Nobody’s seen that before,” said study co-author John Wefel, a physicist at Louisiana State University.
However, as remarkable as that is, scientists are hoping that it could be long awaited proof of the existence of dark matter.
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The term ‘nearby’ is used in a relative sense, meaning less than 3000 light years from earth. How long, you may ask, is a light year? The correct question is ‘how far is a light year?’ A light year measures distance. Light travels at 300,000 km/second.
One light year is 9,460,730,472,580.8 km which gives us an idea (or just confuses us) about the size of the universe itself. There are some stars in the universe that are over one billion light years away!
Back to the dark stuff
Dark matter, along with dark energy, are said to form most of the mass in the universe, yet it has been virtually undetectable. The matter has some very interesting properties which are what give scientists reasons to believe it exists.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable is its ability to act as a lense. Gravitational lensing, as it is known, causes light from a background source to be refracted and bent around a large object blocking it’s path.
From earth we are able to observe galaxies and stars that are hidden behind massive galaxies due to this effect. In simpler terms, if two people are standing on opposite sides of a large wall, there is no way, without the help of a mirror, that both people can see each other.
However, in space, the dark matter would allow for the image of one person to be bent around the wall so that the person on the other side could see him.
Scientists are hoping that with the further success of the current experiment, and other projects like the particle collider in Switzerland, will soon answer the most fundamental question of our existence.
But for now, there is no need to worry, dark matter will not harm you.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 am
experts? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
Dark matter consists of the other dimensions. That’s why we can’t detect it. It’s as if we are stuck on channel 2 on a cable system. Our reality is on ch 2 and the other channels are out there but we never tune off of ch 2. We will never believe in HBO unless we see it on channel 2 but it is not on ch 2 and never will. We need to spiritually re tune to what is out there and after 2012 that will be possible.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Maybe its from that Planet X they keep talking about
The ancients mentioned `the great destroyer`
Maybe we should ask ourselves: WHY has the Vatican got that huge Observatory? What are they watching for.
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
so they can keep an eye on the martians on planet X that all look like 4 ft tall green jesus’s.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I, for one, welcome our new dark matter overlords!
In the meantime, egotistical nitwits at CERN are making repairs to their own version of a dark matter generating doomsday machine.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Alright they find out how the universe was created, now what.What does this information do for you? The fact of the matter they will never know for sure how the universe started no matter how many test are preformed or how many expensive toys they build.Its going to come down to speculation and conjecture .The scientist make there money by acquiring government grants
some are legitimate some are downright stupid these tests may drag on for decades ,when the backer gets tired of seeing no results and decides its time to call it quits the scientist assure the saps that they are going to hit pay dirt very soon and the deception continues .Its nothing more then the scientist creating a lifetime job……………………………………….
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 am
Scientists have many reason’s for unraveling the mechanics of the universe there at CERN and we can expect a number of amazing breakthoughs that may be attributed to the work at CERN. Did you know that there now exists a laser that works within an ultraviolet sectrum which produces an invisible light ray that can completely vaporize a human being? Also there has been for many years now a gernade that when thrown at a human being will encompass the entire body of the individual with a red glow and within a matter of seconds there is nothing standing except for a skeleton and then the bones fall to the ground.
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
The universe is nothing more than acoustically compressed dust. When you look outside at night and see darkness.. you are actually seeing dark light which is actually a higher frequency light than the visible light we see with our eyes. It’s all waves.. vibrations of higher frequencies we can’t see or detect with our own senses. The dark light has more energy than the visible light because it is vibrating at much higher frequencies. Our sun is like the lens of a projector picking up the vibrations of this higher frequency light from the center of the galaxy. Take 2 guitars and put one on each end of a room and vibrate one string on one guitar and the other string on the other guitar will vibrate without you touching it…. this is how the universe works…it’s all resonance…all music. We are nothing more than acoustically compressed dust and the center of the galaxy is nothing more than compressed dust as well. It is not a black hole…it is a BLACK SUN. They tell you gravity is a pull. It is a lie! Which way are the waves traveling? They are traveling toward us. From every direction we are being hit by waves.. they are traveling toward us. If you stand in the water on the beach of an ocean,,the waves push you to shore… well the waves from space are also pushing us towards the earth. They don’t tell the people or the scientists the truth. It’s all brainwashing and lies.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
massive chem trail attack yesterday it was the biggest i saw yet in north east ohio i did not get any pictures but they are spraying at night mostly now and i notice where a cloud front or weather system is coming or going they spray allot from the edge of these storm systems
November 24th, 2008 at 8:39 am
their is some dark matter in some brains here trolls tiny little specks of black matter for brains wake up idiots your masters will tromp you like the cockroaches you are
November 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Dark Matter is Goody Stuff
December 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
ive heard dark matter is made by proctor and gamble