Astronomy
Great Big Nothing Discovered
Everything most people know about makes up a tiny fraction of the universe. Normal matter, the atoms and molecules we are used to, make up the tiniest fraction of the universe. In fact it makes up only around 5% of the universe. The rest of the universe is made up, hypothetically, of "dark matter" and "dark energy."
Awhile back I wrote about the best evidence we have ever had that the hypothetical "dark matter," originally conceived of to balance equations that otherwise couldn't explain the behavior of the universe, actually existed. But this discovery of evidence that "dark matter" is real still left about 70% of the universe merely hypothesized. Regular matter and dark matter only make up about 30% of the universe. The rest is a poorly understood thing called "dark energy" that was originally conceived of to explain the fact that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. Before, when people thought the expansion of the universe was either constant or slowing, normal matter and dark matter were all they needed to understand what was going on. But the discovery that the universe is flying apart at an ever faster rate meant SOMETHING else was out there causing the acceleration and dark energy was the hypothetical explanation.
Well, scientists may just have discovered evidence for dark energy. Scientists have discovered a giant, enormous, humongous nothingness in space. Now many people may think that space is full of nothingness, but it isn't. It is, among other things thinly spread out, filled with microwaves. Literally. Those microwaves are left over from the big bang. But now there is a huge hole discovered in the microwave background, or at least in our ability to detect it.
Astronomy | cosmology | dark energy | Science
Saving Hubble: Science and Grassroots Activism Meet
Got this from DFNYC:
Unique, grassroots film Saving Hubble invites you to a special benefit party
The film: Saving Hubble examines the challenges faced by Hubble from 2004 to 2006 as NASA abandoned the spacecraft and many members of the American public mobilized to save it. The film examines the desertion of Hubble in its larger political context—the fight over Hubble drew the telescope into a debate over the very future of American space policy exactly as the nation found itself drawn further into a war in Iraq. Part scientific thriller, part political satire, part road trip, Saving Hubble is a race across the American landscape, into the hearts of the people united to save Hubble.
The party: Miracles and Wonders * A Modern Science Revival
Sat, April 21st, 8pm-4am. Supreme Trading bar and art gallery,
213 N. 8th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, take Bedford Ave. stop from the L Train.
Indie bands Soundpool, Ground To Machine, BlanketStatementstein back from the UK, and DJ Orion and DJ Richard Hinge play at this fundraising party supporting the film Saving Hubble. Planetarium on site, pipe-cleaner art and costume contests, vintage space film projections, healings by Deacon G. Hubble Spaceford, readings by artists, actors, and activists, auction of space-based art and photography, scenes from the film, and drink specials all night. $15 general admission. Buy tickets online or at the door.
Astronomy | grassroots activism | Science | NASA
Happy 2007! Numerology anyone?
This is wishing everyone much health and happiness in 2007.
Remember, in a few hours we will be embarking into a number 9 year which symbolizes completion. 9 represents a cycle reaching its conclusion, and is filled with life's experiences. The experience of 9 is one of integration and synthesis, inclusivity, and universality. 9 is the link we have with the rhythmic ebb and flow of life. It teaches us to return what we have been given so that the creative energy that passes through us may continue to circulate. 9 also brings freedom. When we are free from obsessive personal desires, we are liberated into the world of 9.
So happy new year everyone as 2006, a year 8 (year of all things in balance, rewards & losses) comes to an end. I hope you are able to tie up those loose ends and look forward soon to a new 9 year cycle.
Women Bloggers Network | 2007 | Astronomy | New Year | Numerology | Shreya Mandal
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Saddam's nephew escapes Iraqi prison - Yahoo! News or it will be a Sunninsurgent christmas.
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