Thank You for the correction Jeff I was merely repeating what my Uncle told me 35 to 40 years ago. Carbon is not a good way to label Dark Matter. If it were...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 1, 2003 1:46 pm
Hope I wasn't too "teachy" yesterday in my talk about carbon. I looked at it again and it didn't sound the way I wanted it too. I think anti-matter would react...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 1, 2003 5:15 pm
Even so, with Carbon a number one choice, perhaps the Universe is "peopled" with only carbon-based forms, after all. No reptiles or Borgs. :) Zoe That much...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 1, 2003 5:46 pm
I vote for "rebel quarks." Just like the name! They are supposed to be invisible (like ghosts, Jeff) and you can only tell they are there by watching their...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 1, 2003 5:59 pm
Well, what is normal (or as they call it 'baryonic' )matter riding upon? It's just floating free in space and in orbit around larger quantities of whatever it...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 1, 2003 6:02 pm
Well, at least the Earth is peopled by us 'carbon units'. I have my suspicions, but I can't claim to know about elsewhere. But seriously folks, the well...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 1, 2003 6:03 pm
Love your links, Jeff. Thanks! Zoe Well, what is normal (or as they call it 'baryonic' )matter riding upon? It's just floating free in space and in orbit...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 1, 2003 8:03 pm
Well Zoe, If you like my links, try this one: http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~dursi/dm-tutorial/dm0.html Written by Dr. Peebles (one of the top cosmologists in...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 1, 2003 10:32 pm
One word, Jeff: Wow! Zoe Well Zoe, If you like my links, try this one: http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~dursi/dm-tutorial/dm0.html Written by Dr. Peebles (one of...
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Jenn E Rittle
keiriastar
May 1, 2003 11:19 pm
Hello Jeff and all interested: Anti-matter does, in fact, interact with matter. During my researching these last many months, I've read that in the early...
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Greg Gordon
ruralcarrier...
May 1, 2003 11:51 pm
Hello Peoples; Want to occupy a good five minutes with a test of your elementary knowledge of Space? Today MSN has a Space Test at MSN home page. Most are no...
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john d kagey
john_the_tel...
May 2, 2003 1:34 am
so share allready! would you give a link for us? I know it may come as a suprise but not "everyone"; uses MSN. :) Hello Peoples; Want to occupy a good five...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 2, 2003 2:24 am
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=42 I took it and it told me that I was 'out of this world'. But then, I already knew that. ;) ... ...
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Haroldo Val de Lobo
cimarroneagle
May 2, 2003 2:26 am
Hey, Carbon is a symbol of aging(not to mention dead) things, your universe is older than You think it was, what's the big deal? The same is happening to you...
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Mark Watson
tealock2003
May 2, 2003 2:36 am
What a coinsidence, It told me I was out of this world too! I just wish it would tell me something that I didn't all ready know. ... knowledge of Space? Today...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 2, 2003 3:01 am
Me too. I could probably list a number of people who wish I would 'come back to Earth'... ;) ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
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Greg Gordon
ruralcarrier...
May 2, 2003 3:54 am
A link? Lets see I used to know what a link was...!? :^) Try www.msn.com Must be all that Dark Matter collected between my brain cells. I was told I was out...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 2, 2003 3:58 am
"Hydrogen"; forever! Let the Universe die in peace! You mean, die in pieces? But hey, we want to know what those pieces are! Zoe...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 2, 2003 4:00 am
Actually, Jenn, if you go to the BBC newsletter they have a science section which recently said only about 6% of the universe is visible! Scary! Zoe...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 2, 2003 4:12 am
Well, Jeff, I guess it's just the kind of group you run. We're all out of this world! However, I STILL think our Sun is a small star, heh heh. Just you wait...
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blackstar7us
May 2, 2003 4:46 am
M104 Galaxy in Virgo Common Names: Sombrero Galaxy NGC Number: 4594 Visual Magnitude: 8 Ra: 12h 40m Dec: -11° 37' The famous sombrero galaxy is located...
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blackstar7us
May 2, 2003 5:19 am
Hello Mark hope this helps.The part that Jeff stated: Whatever you do, don't get 'analysis paralysis',it does happen...!!! Other people have ask how I would go...
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Haroldo Val de Lobo
cimarroneagle
May 2, 2003 12:51 pm
This subject of "dark matter" resembles slightly that legend that we use only "10% of our brain's potential". Is 90% of our brain and 94% of our universe made...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 2, 2003 1:51 pm
<<Gamma Virginis>> is a binary 3.6 mag. Better be ready to jack up the magnification on a steady night or have a real star splitter for this one. Gamma V is a...
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Jeff Tibb
jefftibb
May 2, 2003 2:12 pm
Here is another link about 'Dark Matter'. There is some background information here, and also a little news about a group of UK scientists that are attempting...
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Zoe
zoepetal
May 2, 2003 5:17 pm
Yes, will I must agree with you, budget and all! It must be some arcane universal law that no one has quite discovered and named yet. (Probably Murphy's...
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lainie121@...
lainie121
May 2, 2003 6:32 pm
Hello again, I've been so busy doing my Family Tree webpage, that I lost track of time.. My son is the real astronomer in this family. He's been at the Texas ...
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quintaxica
May 2, 2003 6:35 pm
In the photos section in a file Black holes I have uploaded an idea I had this morning concerning black holes. Please feel free to explore, enjoy, participate,...
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Haroldo Val de Lobo
cimarroneagle
May 2, 2003 8:35 pm
Hi Zoe! Your (half) fellow american Robert Anton Wilson, philosopher and "stand up"comediant has the answer: "DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND, IT IS REALITY THAT IS...
