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Science
Earth May Have Dark Matter Disc
2014-01-05
Posted by:Grunter

#11  Sniff, sniff, and to think it only took 30 years to discover it.

Welcome back to the future of the 1980's.

Call me when Subway brings back its "Buy-one-get-one-Free" promo.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-01-05 19:14  

#10  'eing' = 'ring'
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-01-05 15:15  

#9  if it was a halo, they'd call it "The Obama Ring"

I dunno Frank; equating a dark eing to Bambi sounds faintly racist
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-01-05 15:14  

#8  if it was a halo, they'd call it "The Obama Ring"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-05 14:44  

#7  Like that guy said, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy, biatches.

KBK makes interesting points in #6.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-01-05 14:35  

#6  Hm, a disk rather than a halo - that implies entities with mass and angular momentum moving below escape velocity. And which don't interact with the electromagnetic force or the solar wind.
Posted by: KBK   2014-01-05 13:34  

#5  Isn't that science settled yet?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-01-05 11:20  

#4  You sure this isn't the effect of Al Gore circumnavigating the globe selling carbon credits?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-01-05 08:53  

#3  

As you will hear in my upcoming State of the Union, DMD is a challenge we can solve together. It will not be easy, but we must lay aside our differences and pull together to achieve this common goal.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-05 03:16  

#2  or axions - although, iiuc, they would be more likely to form a ring than a disc
Posted by: lord garth   2014-01-05 02:44  

#1  Yes, but is the disc MACHOS or WIMPS ?

Posted by: George Alowishus Hatrack III    2014-01-05 01:29  

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