Cosmic Antimatter Excess Confirmed

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Cosmic Antimatter Excess Confirmed

Postby Jamie » Nov 24th, '11, 23:49

In 2008, the Italian satellite PAMELA picked up an unusual signal: a spike in antimatter particles whizzing through space. The discovery, controversial at the time, hinted that physicists might be coming close to detecting dark matter, an enigmatic substance thought to account for 85% of the matter in the universe. Now, new data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope confirm the spike. Alas, they also undermine its interpretation as a sign of dark energy


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Re: Cosmic Antimatter Excess Confirmed

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Nov 25th, '11, 07:16

Well as one who doesn't like the idea of dark energy anyway I'm rather pleased. :D
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