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Interesting terms,.."refine and improve upon". Please note: I do not propose that a complete modification is required or that any specific modification will completely explain all observations. On the other hand, I strongly suspect that we will continue to "refine and improve upon&quo...

canuck100 wrote: Synopsis: Dark Energy Known? 70% of the universe is dark energy it is responsible for the acceleration of the expansion of the universe. Three kinds of theories attempt to explain it: 1. Einstein’s cosmological constant – i.e. vacuum energy, a property of space itself 2. a strange e...

We must collect a sample of this Mercury Ice.

I understand Chris. Thank you for your reversal and partial agreement. However, most scientific adventures are difficult and dependant upon luck. Some were near impossible with major odds stacked against them. But the quest for knowledge must prevail.

I think we are currently detecting about four GRB's per month? Chris, your reply appears to indicate that my original statement could be accurate?

I was thinking along the lines that GRB's are the most luminous electromagnetic events occurring in the universe..... The search continues for that perfect lens, with many multiply-imaged arcs. Gravitational lens, Wikipedia Perhaps I am confusing this process in my mind though. The light source is n...

It seems to me that observing GRB's in greater detail would eventually lead to more evidence for or against Dark Matter.

Chris, Thank you for your timely response. I stand corrected. It appears that observation does support a metric expansion as you kindly stated. Very interesting. Back to the DM. As you already know, QM has identified the 3 messenger particles responsible for 3 of the 4 forces. Is it reasonable to th...

I think it should be mentioned that it is only a theory that empty space is expanding. Observations clearly reveal that matter is moving and creating greater distances from other matter. However, the fabric of space itself -there is no direct evidence of it's expansion and this assumption is based m...

Wow - I wasn't being sarcastic. Are there any theories on the origin of DM? Such as there is on Hydrogen and Helium. But I suppose we need to know what it is 1st, eh?

Chris wrote: I don't understand your point about technological barriers. From a theoretical standpoint, DM is on stronger ground than DE (again, I don't know why these get discussed together, when there is absolutely nothing in common between them). Of course, their theory is still being developed, ...

Chris wrote: Gravitons are completely hypothetical, and not even required by most theories of gravity. The physical existence of dimensions beyond the four we have evidence for is hypothetical and has no supporting observations. I noticed you did not attempt to answer my direct question but then aga...

Could DM be a reaction/effect of gravitrons entering and passing thru our spacial dimension?

Chris, I have been looking but I am unable to locate info on the M-Theory as it relates to DM & DE. Does Quantum Mechanics support these theories too?

Chris, Variable Gravity. What are your thoughts on this? Since Newton's laws had to be modified for the extremely small ...isn't it likely that it may need to be modified for the extremely large? Wasn't DM & DE born from the failure of computers to accurately simulate the formation and motion of...

Chris wrote:

Neutrinos have been considered a candidate for dark matter, although that theory is currently not too well regarded.

Why is this not well regarded any longer?

Qev wrote: Just thought I'd point out, leptons, photons, W and Z bosons, and neutrinos are all non-baryonic matter. I do not think this is correct nor do I think it would be a good example. I do think that when I first suggested that we may have gravity wrong once again -goes unchallenged (with a pa...

Chris wrote: There is really nothing to make me think we don't have a good, solid understanding of gravity. When was the last time "non-baryonic particles" were needed to explain an observed phenomenon? Has any non-baryonic matter ever been observed else where in our universe? And our curr...

To not have it completely correct or completely understood can be phrased as "wrong", since it fails to fully explain itself in its entirety. I believe it is highly more probable than you are suggesting it is. Just because we can make accurate predictions does not automatically imply that ...

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There is also a good chance that we have gravity wrong once again and there is no "unkown matter".

Thx for pointing that movie link out -I missed it.

There is a good reason why plagiarism is not a criminal act. This would be one example.

I thought I did include the source Wikipedia (oops). As far as, being unethical -that is relative.

I agree it sounds like a movie. However, some ideas as ridiculous as they sound can become reality at a later date. So mock accordingly I just wanted Orin to realize that there could be alternatives and one may not have to find a way to reverse the entire observable universe to accomplish time trave...

Orin wrote: One of the reasons i don't believe we can go backward in time. To do so; the movement of the universe would have to be reversed. If your at a certain place at a certen time; everything would have to be at that point. Unless the other unknown dimentions can allow this. Ronald L. Mallett, ...