Category Archives: dark energy

The Geometrical State of the Universe

Posted on September 13, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Supernova Cosmology Project Dialogos of Eide

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Dark Energy Camera

Posted on September 11, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Dark Energy Camera construction time lapse A long-awaited device that will help unravel one of the universe’s most compelling mysteries gets ready to see first light.See:The Dark Energy Camera opens its eyes Unlike the human eye, photographic film and digital … Continue reading →

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Thoughts On Dark Matter Search

Posted on July 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

   A filament of dark matter has been directly detected between the galaxy clusters Abell 222 and Abell 223. The blue shading and yellow contour lines represent the density of matter. Image credit: Jörg Dietrich, U-M Department of Physics In … Continue reading →

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Fermi Provides Insights?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 There’s more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions … Continue reading →

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Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science’s biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows … Continue reading →

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Do Gamma rays hint at dark matter?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Using a new statistical technique to analyse publicly available data from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope, an astrophysicist in Germany says he may have spotted a tell-tale sign of exotic particles annihilating within the Milky Way. If proved to be real, … Continue reading →

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A Mysterious Dark Flow?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Dark flow is an astrophysical term describing a peculiar velocity of galaxy clusters. The actual measured velocity is the sum of the velocity predicted by Hubble’s Law plus a small and unexplained (or dark) velocity flowing in a common direction. … Continue reading →

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The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics (COUPP)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics (COUPP) collaboration looks for bubbles in chambers filled with a compound containing carbon, fluorine and iodine. The fluid is superheated beyond the boiling point but has no rough surface to form bubbles. When … Continue reading →

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Scientists Have Found Unexplained Force?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Both radio observations with the VLBA and optical observations with the Hubble Space Telescope have measured the motions of concentrations of material in M87’s jets, and have shown the material to be moving at apparent speeds greater than that of … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter

Posted on August 13, 2010 by PlatoHagel

(Click on Image) Friedman Equation What is pdensity. What are the three models of geometry? k=-1, K=0, k+1 Negative curvature Omega=the actual density to the critical densityIf we triangulate Omega, the universe in which we are in, Omegam(mass)+ Omega(a vacuum), … Continue reading →

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