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| Swinging on Spirals Offer Upgrade  User ID: 865798  United States07/10/2012 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Dutch astronomer Jan Oort first discovered the 'missing matter' problem in the 1930's. By observing the Doppler red-shift values of stars moving near the plane of our galaxy, Oort assumed he could calculate how fast the stars were moving. Since the galaxy was not flying apart, he reasoned that there must be enough matter inside the galaxy such that the central gravitational force was strong enough to keep the stars from escaping, much as the Sun's gravitational pull keeps a planet in its orbit. But when the calculation was made, it turned out that there was not enough mass in the galaxy. And the discrepancy was not small; the galaxy had to be at least twice as massive as the sum of the mass of all its visible components combined. Where was all this missing matter? In addition, in the 1960's the radial profile of the tangential velocity of stars in their orbits around the galactic center as a function of their distance from that center was measured. It was found that typically, once we get away from the galactic center all the stars travel with the same velocity independent of their distance out from the galactic center. [link to electric-cosmos.org] Dark Matter Scaffolding of Universe Detected for the First Time  A filament of dark matter has been directly detected between the galaxy clusters Abell 222 and Abell 223. The blue shading and yellow contour lines represent the density of matter. Scientists estimate that dark matter makes up more than 80 percent of the universe. To "see" the dark matter component of the filament that connects the clusters Abell 222 and 223, Dietrich and his colleagues took advantage of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The gravity of massive objects such as galaxy clusters acts as a lens to bend and distort the light from more distant objects as it passes. Dietrich's team observed tens of thousands of galaxies beyond the supercluster. They were able to determine the extent to which the supercluster distorted galaxies, and with that information, they could plot the gravitational field and the mass of the Abell 222 and 223 clusters. Seeing this for the first time was "exhilarating," Dietrich said. "It looks like there's a bridge that shows that there is additional mass beyond what the clusters contain," he said. "The clusters alone cannot explain this additional mass," he said. [link to www.spacedaily.com] Last Edited by Swinging on Spirals on 07/10/2012 09:45 AM "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
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| Swinging on Spirals (OP) User ID: 865798 United States07/10/2012 09:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
| Swinging on Spirals (OP) User ID: 865798 United States07/10/2012 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Electrical engineer Dr. Anthony L. Peratt, using Maxwell's and Lorentz's equations, has shown that charged particles, such as those that form the intergalactic plasma, will evolve into very familiar galactic shapes under the influence of electrodynamic forces. The results of these simulations fit perfectly with the observed values of the velocity contours in galaxies. No missing matter is needed - and Newton can rest easy in his grave. The electromagnetic force is many orders of magnitude stronger than the force due to gravity and it distributes itself more widely throughout space. But present day astronomy refuses to recognize the existence of any cosmic force other than gravity. That error is the cause of their mystification. [link to electric-cosmos.org] "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
| Swinging on Spirals (OP) User ID: 865798 United States07/10/2012 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the road less traveled "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
| Blue Skies User ID: 19168576 United States07/10/2012 10:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Swinging on Spirals (OP) User ID: 865798 United States07/10/2012 10:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Or, I am just echoing your words from aether's thread.  "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
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| Swinging on Spirals (OP) User ID: 865798 United States07/10/2012 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | bump "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a Ride!" We do not Die, We Awaken to the Dream that We Lived. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 19479579  Brazil07/10/2012 12:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| WeAreOne User ID: 19375033  United Kingdom07/10/2012 12:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does this mean all the equations using dark matter to try and fix their broken equations will now have more validity? Scientist 1 "2+2 doesn't equal 5" Scientist 2 "Add dark matter and it will!" Scientist 1 "Perfect, thanks!" /sarcasm off  Be the change you want the World to be. Be |
