Thursday, April 28, 2016

Dark Matter & Dark Energy

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  1. Does too much dark matter create a black hole?

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    1. As far as I know, no, too much dark matter would't lead to black holes.

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    1. The definition I found for neutrino is "a neutral subatomic particle with a mass close to zero and half-integral spin, rarely reacting with normal matter".

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  3. how was gravitational lensing discovered?

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    1. In 1979 it was first observed by Dennis Walsh, Bob Carswell, and Ray Weymann using the Kitt Peak National Observatory using a 2.1 meter telescope. It was known as Twin QSO.

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  4. how was gravitational lensing discovered?

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    1. In 1979 it was first observed by Dennis Walsh, Bob Carswell, and Ray Weymann using the Kitt Peak National Observatory using a 2.1 meter telescope. It was known as Twin QSO.

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  5. how far will the Universe expand due to dark matter?

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    1. Presumably the universe will expand all eternity.

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  6. do scientists believe they will soon figure out what dark matter is?

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    1. Scientists are unsure what dark matter is, or how close they are to unraveling it's mysteries. There are two leading theories on it however, WIMPS and MACHOS.

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  7. What happens if the universe expands too much because of too much dark matter?

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    1. Some ideas on what might happen if the universe expands indefinitely include; The Big Rip, The Big Freeze (or heat death, which would occur when the heat in the universe would eventually become evenly distributed, and the universe unable to support life).

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  8. What happens if the universe expands too much because of too much dark matter?

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    1. Some ideas on what might happen if the universe expands indefinitely include; The Big Rip, The Big Freeze (or heat death, which would occur when the heat in the universe would eventually become evenly distributed, and the universe unable to support life)

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