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POPSIs a 'Dark Force' Pushing the Universe Apart? Astronomers now recognize that the eventual fate of the universe is inextricably tied to the presence of dark energy and dark matter.The current standard model for cosmology describes a universe that is 70 percent dark energy, 25 percent dark matter, and only 5 percent normal matter.
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POPSDark, Perhaps Forever - Clueless about the universe Whatever proposal is eventually selected, the dark energy satellite will return a tidal wave of data about the universe and its weird denizens, both visible and invisible. This data is likely to transform astronomy in unpredictable ways, but there is no guarantee that it will nail the mystery of dark energy. “We really need new theory, and we have none,” Dr. Krauss said.
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POPSNew Space Telescope to Explore the Unknown Perhaps most exciting is the possibility that GLAST will find something no one is expecting. This space telescope can peer a range of high-energy gamma rays that is virtually unexplored. "There's such a leap forward in capabilities with GLAST that we have a really good chance of discovering things not even on the list yet," Ritz said. The mission is scheduled for liftoff atop a Delta 2 rocket at 11:45 a.m. EDT on June 7.
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POPSNew twist to matter-antimatter mystery Here is an "almost breakthrough" A major mystery of modern physics is why normal matter particles are the building blocks of the observable universe. Why are we not made of antimatter? Or pure energy? Scientists speculate that a tiny imbalance in the early universe allowed a small fraction of normal matter – one particle for every one billion – to avoid annihilation and survive to form stars, planets, and humans. When we come to know that we don't know, there is a new place for hope...
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POPSIraq: Poverty Gets the Survivors One might almost expect that Americans themselves might acquire some insight into the real “terrorist” threat they face daily and that they might even be inclined to join their brethren throughout the world in opposing it. But one must not be too unrealistic about the capacity for perceptiveness of the inhabitants of the “greatest democracy on earth”. Blegh!
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POPSDark Stars The study says that particles of dark matter may have interacted with each other, producing other particles that heated the collapsing clouds. The heat kept the clouds from shrinking enough to ignite nuclear fusion.
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POPSThe spirits behind the writers >>Intoxication, if not the source of literary creation, creates a cerebral aura congenial to it. It recasts the glare of life in a softer hue. It soothes anxiety and other stultifiers of reflection. It warms the mind and thaws thoughts frozen in timidity.The fruit of the vine does not give us insight but aids our discovery of it; it can allow you to eavesdrop on yourself. The trick is to find the golden mean between exhilarating and dulling the intellect. Cratinus' belief that only bad verses were written without wine seems too appealing to be untrue. But the best verses no doubt arise when, the wine low in the bottle, Dionysus is still steady enough to dance to the tune of Apollo's lyre.<<
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POPSFound! Biggest web of dark matter They should give it a better name They say we would no doubt find bigger examples if we could see further. Hubble is dying, and there seems to be no sign of a replacement, with the amount spent on the military While we could be learning about the universe, we have leaders leading us into trenches.
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