Chandra Provides Support For Dark Energy 350
starannihilator writes "The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has provided new evidence supporting the existence of dark energy, the force causing the acceleration of universal expansion. The new findings support the theory that the universe will expand forever, provided there is enough dark matter. CNN and Newsday are running the story, originally reported by NASA. Chandra's site has some good images and information on the three galaxies clusters studied (Abell 2029, MS2137.3-2353, and MS1137.5+6625)."
Dark matters (Score:5, Funny)
I am eagerly awaiting the next annoncement where someone again finds evidence to refute the dark matter claims. It seems like the science; "Dark Matter is like this" - "No, it can't be, actually it's like that". Is not going to end soon.
Join me. Come to the dark side, and together, we will expand the universe.
Hmm that name sounds familiar (Score:4, Funny)
Pretty good pics (Score:1, Funny)
If only the goatse guy was that far from the camera in that photo.....
perspective problem (Score:5, Funny)
I'd like to think we live on an electron in orbit around the proton of a molecule as part of a giant coffee mug -- our universe is expanding due to some even bigger geek having just poured hot coffee in our universal mug.
It's "dark" cuz that's how this geek likes his coffee.
I hope there's enough. . . (Score:3, Funny)
3000 Gil (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Dark matters (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Dark matters (Score:5, Funny)
Re:perspective problem (Score:4, Funny)
Is he related to Jerry Seinfeld?
Disappointment (Score:3, Funny)
What, no pictures of "dark matter"?! That I'd call an announcement!!
Re:Goofy gravity (Score:2, Funny)
the universe was expanding at the speed of light (Score:5, Funny)
Whenever life get's you down, Mrs. Brown
and things seem hard and tough,
and people are stupid, obnoxious or daft,
and it feels that you've had quite enough---
Just remember that your standing on a planet that's evolving,
revolving at 900 miles per hour.
It's orbiting at 19 miles per second, so it's reckoned,
a sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun, and you and me and all the stars that we can see
are moving at a million miles a day,
in an outer spiral arm at 40,000 miles an hour,
in this galaxy we call the milky way.
The galaxy itself contains 100 million stars,
it's 40 thousand light years side-to-side.
It bulges in the middle 30 thousand light years thick,
but out by us it's just 3000 light years wide.
We're 30 thousand light years from galactic central point,
we go round every two hundred million years
And our galaxy is only one of millions and billions
in this amazing and expanding universe.
Musical interlude
The Universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
in all of the directions it can whizz.
As fast as it can go, the speed of light, you know
A million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed there is.
So remember when your feeling very small and in-secure,
how amazingly unlikely is your birth.
And prey that there's intelligent life, somewhere out in space,
'cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth.
Attribution for the above lyrics to Eric Idle.
Re:Dakr[sic] Matter (Score:4, Funny)
Dark Energy was proven before (Score:4, Funny)
Welcome to Cosmology Update. (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, I rubbished Micro$oft and the whole of modern cosmology in one post. Cool.
Einstein (Score:2, Funny)
Even when he's making stuff up, he's still right... We just don't find out until 80 years later.
Re:Goofy gravity (Score:3, Funny)
This only works for however long the LSD lasts.
The relief (Score:3, Funny)
>The new findings support the theory that the >universe will expand forever
I was afraid that the universe would stop expanding and start collapsing and that would kill us all!
Re:Dark matters (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Dark matter" != "Dark energy" (Score:3, Funny)
(dark)E=(dark)m*c^2
Re:"Dark matter" != "Dark energy" (Score:5, Funny)
That's not quite right, it should be:
(dark)E = (dark)m * (dark)c^2
where (dark)c is the "speed of dark", and we all know the speed of dark is faster than the speed of light [msu.edu]. Therefore, (dark)c > (light)c and therefore dark matter holds more (dark) energy than normal matter hold in (light) energy.
Re:Dark matters (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, a step function would more annoying to scientists -- no trends to follow. Plus it would be more consistent with religious beliefs, particularly if there is a step down function coming up.
Re:Big Rip vs. Black Holes (Score:2, Funny)
Damn! Just before the universe ends, we'll all look like Goatse. Wudda way to go.
Re:Dark matters (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Dark matter" != "Dark energy" (Score:5, Funny)
Does this universe make me look fat? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Universal Catapult (Score:2, Funny)
paging george lucas's lawyer (Score:2, Funny)
I think Lucas may have a case here...at least to try
submitted by starannihilator
Okay, now you're just ASKING for it!
Re:"Dark matter" != "Dark energy" (Score:3, Funny)