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[roadrunnertwice]

Brilliant. (via.)

EDIT: Oh look, proof positive of Dark Matter, also via BoingBoing. I expect I'll summarize it wrong, but the idea is that they found a situation where the bulk of the visible matter in two galactic clusters basically hit a brick wall and stopped, while the real center of mass, composed of dark matter, kept on moving. The result is that the two were neatly separated out, giving them a chance to measure dark matter in relative isolation.

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[indy1725.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's a great one - it was also recently included in the 1Eye Film Festival (http://www.1eyefestival.com/) here in Portland. Good stuff!

[froborr.livejournal.com]

Nifty little movie.

Blown out of the water by dark matter, though. Interesting that they didn't mention it in the press release, but it sounds like it's evidence for not only dark matter, but, more specifically, the WIMP hypothesis.