Hubble Telescope Maps Dark Matter in 3D

dido writes "The BBC reports that the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to make a map of the dark matter distribution of the universe, providing the best evidence of the role dark matter plays in the structure and evolution of the universe. From the article: 'According to one researcher, the findings provide "beautiful confirmation" of standard theories to explain how structures in the Universe evolved over billions of years.'"

And yet...

[clifgriffin]

Pluto is still not a planet.

*bitter*

you can't stop the spin machine

[macadamia_harold]

According to one researcher, the findings provide "beautiful confirmation" of standard theories to explain how structures in the Universe evolved over billions of years.'

... thereby proving god exists.

Re:This is pretty cool.

[Tx]

I wonder what a 3d model of dark matter around a black hole would look like?

Maybe I've just been around here for too long, but the parent post reads like goatse.cx meets GNAA.

Re:Does Dark Matter exist?

[clifgriffin]

Think of it this way. On slashdot you have a lot of posts. Some of them are good. But they can't all be good all the time. So it follows that there has to be bad posts. Lot's of them.

That's dark matter.

I think that should be a modifier. -1, Dark Matter

Don't be mad that you didn't think of it...

Re:Enlighten me

[syousef]

Kosh, is that you?

Politically incorrect

[AlphaLop]

You should call it "Light Challenged" matter in this age of political correctness. Be more sensitive to other matter people!

Re:"There's something out there"

[thryllkill]

Maybe because Dark matter doesn't damn you to hell for wanting to have sex? Or because it is not based on campfire tales of desert nomads from thousands of years ago, but rather mathematical equations, observations, you know, scientific stuff.

Re:"There's something out there"

[chazwurth]

Next time you get an infection, please do us all a favor and take the ID challenge: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.ht ml?uc_full_date=20060702 [doonesbury.com]

Re:Enlighten me

[glwtta]

Some string theorists believe dark matter may be gravitons, emitted by matter on adjacent branes

Yeah, but string theorists make theoretical physicists look like scientists :)

excellent....

[binarybum]

now I can hang my map of dark matter up right next to my picture of albino polar bears walking the tundra in a blizzard.

Re:Enlighten me

[Khyber]

Brrrrrraaaaannnneeesssss *shambles around aimlessly*