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It's All Dark To me
Oct. 8th, 2011 10:58 amI have whisked myself away from the house to not hear the groans and moans of my cousin over the fate of England against the French this morning on the telly. It's damn Rugby football again this weekend!
In the library at the moment as i type. Might do some "buddying" if i am asked. I have my lanyard showing just in case i am needed. Not bothered either way really.
Watched a great Horizon programme on Cosmology which i downloaded yesterday. "Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong?" explores the big bang and the expansion of the universe. Cosmologists are finding that there are some anomalies that go against the standard cosmolgical hegemony. Apparently, galaxies are not spinning as they should with the outer spiral being slower than the inner, such as the solar system (outer planets orbit the sun slower than inner planets). The outer spiral is spinning at the same speed as the central core which indicates there is a dark force causing thsi. This is termed as dark matter, but unlike ordinary matter it is undetectacle by standard instrumentation and can only be infeerred by the gravitational effects it has on the universe. Not only is that a problem, but the universe is not slowing down as espected from the standard model.The expansion is speeding up inferrring an undetected energy is pulling the universe apart, like a constant inflation scenario. This is known as dark energy for want of a better term. Finally the other anomaly is that the background radiation (approx 3 degrees above absolute zero) has fluctuations in the temperature. The fluctuations are caused by a process of dark flow.One theory is that there are bubbles within the universe, and we are part of a bubble, and that the whole univverse is part of a larger universe unseen, or more specifically a multiverse.
The science fiction idea of parallel universes or multiverses sounds less absurd. Anyway, a totally fascinating science documentary.
In the library at the moment as i type. Might do some "buddying" if i am asked. I have my lanyard showing just in case i am needed. Not bothered either way really.
Watched a great Horizon programme on Cosmology which i downloaded yesterday. "Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong?" explores the big bang and the expansion of the universe. Cosmologists are finding that there are some anomalies that go against the standard cosmolgical hegemony. Apparently, galaxies are not spinning as they should with the outer spiral being slower than the inner, such as the solar system (outer planets orbit the sun slower than inner planets). The outer spiral is spinning at the same speed as the central core which indicates there is a dark force causing thsi. This is termed as dark matter, but unlike ordinary matter it is undetectacle by standard instrumentation and can only be infeerred by the gravitational effects it has on the universe. Not only is that a problem, but the universe is not slowing down as espected from the standard model.The expansion is speeding up inferrring an undetected energy is pulling the universe apart, like a constant inflation scenario. This is known as dark energy for want of a better term. Finally the other anomaly is that the background radiation (approx 3 degrees above absolute zero) has fluctuations in the temperature. The fluctuations are caused by a process of dark flow.One theory is that there are bubbles within the universe, and we are part of a bubble, and that the whole univverse is part of a larger universe unseen, or more specifically a multiverse.
The science fiction idea of parallel universes or multiverses sounds less absurd. Anyway, a totally fascinating science documentary.
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