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Only half the amount of dark matter as previously thought
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:27 am
by HexHammer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 091600.htm
I never really believed in dark matter, even if I did it may max be 10%, or more realistically 4%.
Re: Only half the amount of dark matter as previously though
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:39 am
by Philosophy Explorer
Two points:
This is just a study. When it gets peer reviewed and confirmed, then I'll start believing.
Second point, quoting from the article:
"Stars, dust, you and me, all the things that we see, only make up about 4 per cent of the entire Universe," he said.
"About 25 per cent is dark matter and the rest is dark energy."
This is no different than what scientists have been saying for years.
PhilX
Re: Only half the amount of dark matter as previously though
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:11 am
by Blaggard
Science is wrong again. I have to be honest, I am not surprised. I do like it when science is wrong, any scientist probably would.
Being right about current theory wins you a chufty badge, proving the current paradigm wrong wins you a Nobel prize and a life of tenure and easy living. God bless being wrong it's the only thing science has that makes it even remotely "right".
Re: Only half the amount of dark matter as previously though
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:07 am
by Philosophy Explorer
Here's another reason why I'm leery on what the article brought up:
"Australian astronomers used a method developed almost 100 years ago to discover that the weight of dark matter in our own galaxy is 800,000,000,000 (or 8 x 1011) times the mass of the Sun."
Almost 100 years ago. Makes one wonder why we had to wait all this time for this announcement to come out.
PhilX
Re: Only half the amount of dark matter as previously though
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:50 am
by Ginkgo
Philosophy Explorer wrote:Here's another reason why I'm leery on what the article brought up:
"Australian astronomers used a method developed almost 100 years ago to discover that the weight of dark matter in our own galaxy is 800,000,000,000 (or 8 x 1011) times the mass of the Sun."
Almost 100 years ago. Makes one wonder why we had to wait all this time for this announcement to come out.
PhilX
I would doubt that dark matter would have been know to science 100 years ago. However, I would go along with the idea that 100 years ago we could weigh the visible universe using classical physics. Well, at least the visible universe at that time.