Dark Matter Discovered Near Solar System? 179
gpronger writes "The ATIC (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter) has potentially discovered the presence of dark matter close (only 3000 light-years) to our solar system. The system detected a large-amount of high energy cosmic rays which match the theoretical signature of dark matter annihilating itself. The universe is believed to be composed of about 25% dark matter, but there has been little evidence of it. This discovery, if correct, would be the first."
The paper was published in Nature , but it requires a subscription to see beyond the abstract.
In Soviet Russia (Score:3, Funny)
Dark Matter sees evidence of YOU.
zomg (Score:5, Funny)
ZOMG, Mom, is that you?
Re:Holy crap. (Score:2, Funny)
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close ? (Score:5, Funny)
This must be some meaning of 'close' that I was previously unaware of.
Re:Holy crap. (Score:4, Funny)
'fucking cookies' are unpleasantly ambiguous.
In Soviet Amerika (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Holy crap. (Score:5, Funny)
Over there, next to your regular one.
Re:the next logical question... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Close to our Solar System (Score:2, Funny)
Huh?
No, no, the universe is merely a spheroid region, 705 meters in diameter. [wikipedia.org]
I know where all the dark matter is (Score:3, Funny)