Visitors Now:
Total Visits:
Total Stories:
Profile image
By Ye Olde False Flag
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

Scientists Detect Dark Matter Skeleton Of The Universe

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 13:32
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)

For the first time, scientists have detected part of the invisible dark matter skeleton of the universe, where over half of all matter is believed to reside.

The discovery confirms a key prediction in the theory of how the universe’s current web-like structure came to be.

The map of the known universe shows that most galaxies are organized into clusters, but some are situated along filaments that connect to the clusters.

Cosmologists believe dark matter resides underneath those filaments, which help serve as cosmic highways, guiding galaxies toward the gravitational pull.

Dark matter’s contribution had been predicted with computer simulations, and its shape had been routed out based on the distribution of the galaxies.

“We found the dark matter filaments. For the first time, we can see them,” Jörg Dietrich, a physics research fellow in the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts, said in a press release.

Dark matter doesn’t emit or absorb light, so astronomers are unable to see it directly with telescopes. Scientists believe it exists based on how its gravity affects visible matter. Dark matter is thought to make up more than 80 percent of the universe.

In order to “see” the dark matter, the researchers had to take advantage of a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/11126…-universe/

Read more at Ye Olde False Flag



Source:

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Total 1 comment
  • Note that this report comes from a college of literature science and the arts, in that order.
    Dark matter does not exist. The gravitational forces needed by the present discredited and archaic theories to explain the coherence of the universe are simply not there, and no amount of hypothesising will make them appear. The universe is held together not by weak gravitational forces, but by powerful electromagnetic forces. The skeleton which is seen is a plasma skeleton, which comprises flowing charged particles, otherwise known as Birkeland currents; these particles create the EM fields in which the galaxies hang.

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.