Revelations of Cosmic Import.
Sci-fi geeks and NASA scientists punched the air and possibly did a little moonwalk across their living rooms when this news burst onto the scene yesterday.
Oh yeah. And you thought we were nuts. Ha!
Go here for more background info on all the excitement. Don't you just love it when a possibility becomes a reality?
Why is this important, then? Ever heard of the "Big Bang"? Yeah, well, dark matter is another piece in the puzzle that, once completed (if ever, really) will explain the origin of the universe (see "Big Bang nucleosynthesis"). I'd say that's rather significant. Also, it's really, really cool. It supposedly shifts galaxy orbits and velocities... the reason the universe moves around, spins, expands.
But what is it, really? Is it, as Stephen Baxter in Vacuum Diagrams proposes, evidence for life in another form? Access to another dimension? Ooh ooh, the possibilities, as always, are infinite.
Oh, Happy Day!
11 comments:
i always knew dark matter existed. i mean, ever seen a bathtub that hasn't been cleaned in a few months?
you know, i read a book or saw a movie of the sci-fi genre once that dealt largely with dark matter but i cn't remember the story or the role in which dark matter played.
are you thinking of "The Blob"?
But now Pluto's not a planet! I shed tears of frustration for our poor neglected Pluto.
*sniff*
aw, think of it this way: what has Pluto done for you lately?
I have no problems talking science to people, but generally the "normal" females I know would prefer to be in an Iraqi torture camp then hear me talk tech.
I always find it a bit odd when females enthusiasticlly talk about sci-fi, physics, or anything "geeky", especially when that female isn't a "code monkey", scientist, or engineer...
Keep on trucking KTG!
i remember now! it's on "futurama".
Let's face it: Pluto had to be killed so we wouldn't have a planet Xena, with its perky companion moon Gabrielle. Even astronomers have shame.
Normal female? How does that work, exactly?
I, too, feel great sadness for Pluto, the poor little underdog of the solor sytem. But that's okay... I like the idea of a bit of variation amidst the "nearby" (very, very relatively speaking) celestial forms. I think they did it so they can say that we visited (when we finally get there) something other than our Luna and some plain old planets.
And Greatness is right: that would be a bit much
when you go to an engineering school and are surround by guys and women that can easily be mistaken for guys either in looks or mannerisms, you will understand the concept of "normal female".
fatwonkkid has a point. though i have met a couple code junkies that could not be mistaken for dudes and are actually really hot
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