Hubblecast 05: Hubble finds ring of dark matter

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Read more at: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0709.html

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News & Politics

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• dark
• matter
• astronomy
• hubble
• space
• telescope
• sky
• galaxies
• stars

[kakakt]

oh come on the narrators not that bad..

[ianman6]

@Skandalos Erm, no. Dark matter is used amongst astrophysicists. The media has nothing to do with it. You, sir, are talking out of your ass. Typical "I don't understand it so it's bullshit" logic. Congrats, you fail at science.

[Skandalos]

sorry but this just bullshit. "dark matter" is just a media-friendly "sexy" term for actually the failure of astrophysicists to explain most of the galaxy movement in the universe.

[TheProCactus]

Why do the religious types post on these videos. If they were secure and believed what ever they do then they have nothing to worry about. Posting about god only show some insecurities, And its proof that they watch and search for this stuff.

I dont know if what they say is real, Seems something new is always being thought of. Its great for the mind though.

[ovechkin100]

@luckydawg9106 personally i dont think hawkings is right about that. we dont know enough about the dark matter. i dont buy that, sorry.

[luckydawg9106]

@ovechkin100 They say when someone figures out the reason for this universes existence, it will disappear and be replaced with something more random and radical than before. There is also a theory that says it has already happened before. Also according to Stephen Hawking's "Universe in a Nutshell", the big bang happens repetitively, basically when the black wholes suck up everything into a finite space it explodes and creates the universe again.

[Mekiwyn]

@micah1116 I know hoe to read, I just need the numbers, I have no time to skype. Just some book and verse numbers would be great. I will read myself to save the words in the book from your explanations and perception, facts are facts and if they aren't obscure and up for interpretation you reading it to me is completely unnecessary.

[micah1116]

@Mekiwyn I could give you dozens, I would enjoy talking to you in skype where I could read them to you, again my skype name is the same as my youtube.

[micah1116]

@Mekiwyn Lets do this, how about you debate/discuss this with me in skype, my skype name is the same as my youtube. If you don't have skype it's free to download. I'm on skype most evenings.

[Mekiwyn]

Please, using book and verse numbers show me 5 current scientific facts that come from a bible (please also say what holy book out of the many you subscribe to). Then, if at all possible, demonstrate new ones.

[Mekiwyn]

@micah1116 I have never seen a whale, Australia, The Empire State building, a lion, a photon, you, yet I know these things exist! You should exercise some patience and understanding of what you are commenting about. Like I said before, we knew of atoms 2k years before we could observe and say "there it is!". This has nothing to do with any god, why do you insist it does? Couldn't your god simply be the one who created it, or do you actively deny your god's will and creation?