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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:27 AM Original message |
Hubble telescope makes new discovery |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here's a strange piece of irony ;-P |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. If one has dark energy to explain universe expansion, what |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't know the answer to your question |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Watch the fundies jump on this. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. This will really blow their gaskets! |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I am, of course, no fundy, but I do have a problem with having |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I'm no scientist... |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Yeah, that's what my father used to say, as a test of faith. |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Dark energy |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I don't think dark energy predicted expansion |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So 'dark energy' is 'anti-gravity'? (nt) |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I think it is supposed to produce a repulsive rather than attractive force |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It sure does sound like an 'anti-gravity' force. (nt) |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I guess that's another way of putting it. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Well said and accurate. n/t |
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dnbn (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Dark energy explains the ACCELERATION of the expansion. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. What strikes me about this discovery is |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Especially since we really don't even know whether gravity is |
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BlueInPhilly (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. They're all in the Bible! |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. What also amazes me |
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KDLarsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Tell me about it.. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. That's my question! |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Of course the Universe is only 6,000 years old. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. To all of us Space Geeks |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think the universe has a message for the fundies. |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Bwahahahaha!! |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Help me out here |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Not sure if this will work, but... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. Cool |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No after the Big Bang, comes the Big Suck! |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Is their any practical use for this information and research? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Possiblity for discovering new physics, including development of new materials... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. No, they're not that expensive |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. unfortunately this is all BS as red-shift does not=distance n/t |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You are quite correct, of course. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 04:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. supernovas are not 'standard candles' either |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. i posted this once, |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Wow |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. wow, back at ya! |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Very Well Put ;-D |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. Some good commentary by Sean Carroll at the "Cosmic Variance" physics blog |
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plasticsundance (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hhmm ... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Ahhhh, they should have just called me. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Einstein scrapped the theory cause he hadn't met Cheney ... |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is Really Fascinating |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. You mean they discovered an honest, unbigoted, unselfish, truthful repuke? |
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plasticsundance (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Could you give us more? |
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