13 Unsolved Scientfic puzzles

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Steven Meyer Send message Joined: 24 Mar 08 Posts: 2333 Credit: 3,428,296 RAC: 0	Message 913348 - Posted: 2 Jul 2009, 18:27:40 UTC - in response to Message 913303.   @Kasule Faancis You are quite right in that Einstein's equation E (Energy) = M (Mass) times C^2 (Speed of Light, Squared). The thing is, there seems to be missing mass when the total mass and energy of the universe is taken into account. So, unless there is mass that we cannot see (Dark Matter) then the universe appears to be out of balance, or else the theories are off. ID: 913348 ·
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0	Message 913942 - Posted: 4 Jul 2009, 9:46:34 UTC TEDIdeas worth spreading Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense. Patricia Burchat sheds light on --->dark matter ID: 913942 ·
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0	Message 916629 - Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 21:58:10 UTC Last modified: 10 Jul 2009, 21:58:35 UTC New observations have led to astronomers to suggest that Copernicus may have been wrong and the Earth does have a special place in the universe: at the center of a gigantic cosmic void.... Is dark energy an illusion?---->Scientific American ID: 916629 ·

 
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