Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 This article says "MaMaMa" to me. Between words... Maha Kali Ma. I hope it's not too much an off topic thing for you.. Dark Matter, Energy Puzzling Scientists by Paul Recer, Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. WASHINGTON (June 19) - The Earth, moon, sun and all visible stars in the sky make up less than one percent of the universe. Almost all the rest is dark matter and dark energy, unknown forces that puzzle astronomers. Observations in recent years have changed the basic understanding of how the universe evolved and have emphasized for astronomers how little is known about the major forces and substances that shaped our world. Astronomers now know that luminous matter - stars, planets and hot gas - account for only about 0.4 percent of the universe. Nonluminous components, such as black holes and intergalactic gas, make up 3.6 percent. The rest is either dark matter, about 23 percent, or dark energy, about 73 percent. Dark matter, sometimes called ``cold dark matter,'' has been known for some time. Only recently have researchers come to understand the pivotal role it played in the formation of stars, planets and even people. ``We owe our very existence to dark matter,'' said Paul Steinhardt, a physicist at Princeton University and a co-author of a review on dark matter appearing this week in the journal Science. Steinhardt said it is believed that following the Big Bang, the theoretical beginning of the universe, dark matter caused particles to clump together. That set up the gravitation processes that led to the formation of stars and galaxies. Those stars, in turn, created the basic chemicals, such as carbon and iron, that were fundamental to the evolution of life. ``Dark matter dominated the formation of structure in the early universe,'' Steinhardt said. ``For the first few billion years dark matter contained most of the mass of the universe. You can think of ordinary matter as a froth on an ocean of dark matter. The dark matter clumps and the ordinary matter falls into it. That led to the formation of the stars and galaxies.'' Without dark matter, ``there would be virtually no structures in the universe,'' he said. The nature of dark matter is unknown. It cannot be seen or detected directly. Astronomers know it is there because of its effect on celestial objects than can be seen and measured. But the most dominating force of all in the universe is called dark energy, a recently proven power that astronomers say is causing the galaxies in the universe to separate at a faster and faster speed. It is the force that is causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate. Robert P. Kirshner, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said the presence of dark energy was proved only five years ago when astronomers studying very distant exploding stars discovered they were moving away at a constant acceleration. It was a stunning discovery that has since been proved by other observations. Kirshner said it is clear now that dark matter and dark energy engaged in a gravitational tug of war that, eventually, dark energy won. Following the Big Bang some 14 billion years ago, matter in the universe streaked outward. It formed galaxies, thinned out and then began to slow down. ``Dark matter was trying to slow things down and dark energy was trying to speed it up,'' said Kirshner, the author of a review article on dark energy in Science. ``We think dark matter was winning for the first seven billion years, but then universe went from slowing down to speeding up. Dark energy took over.'' Kirshner said astronomers do not really understand dark energy. Albert Einstein first proposed a form of the idea, but discarded it later. Now, researchers know it exists, but its exact form and nature are mysterious, although it is thought to be related to gravity. ``What this is pointing to is a deep mystery at the heart of physics,'' said Kirshner. ``We don't understand gravity in the same way we understand other forces.'' He said there are virtually no experiments on Earth that would explore the nature of dark energy. It can only be studied across vast stellar distances by observing the motion of objects extremely far away, a skill that has been possible only in recent decades with the development of very powerful telescopes. ``Dark energy will cause the universe to expanded faster and faster and eventually, over time, we will see less and less of it,'' Kirshner said. Over millions of years, familiar stars and nearby galaxies will disappear from view and the sky, now choked with stars, will slowly darken. ``The piece of the universe that we can see will get lonelier and lonelier,'' he said. 06/19/03 20:30 EDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Namah Shivaya Diana, So, Im not alone in thinking thoughts such as these! Bet there's more company around here :-) Yogaman: your analysis of Amma's statement about 'trivial things and diamonds' was really interesting. Both Bhoga (material things) and Moksha (salvation) are indeed attained by her grace. Are we lucky or what?! Jai Ma, Ravi --- Dianadevi wrote: > This article says "MaMaMa" to me. Between words... > Maha Kali Ma. I hope it's > not too much an off topic thing for you.. > > Dark Matter, Energy Puzzling Scientists > by Paul Recer, Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. > > WASHINGTON (June 19) - The Earth, moon, sun and all > visible stars in the sky > make up less than one percent of the universe. > Almost all the rest is dark > matter and dark energy, unknown forces that puzzle > astronomers. > > Observations in recent years have changed the basic > understanding of how the > universe evolved and have emphasized for astronomers > how little is known about > the major forces and substances that shaped our > world. SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 > > Maha Kali Ma ... > > Dark Matter, Energy Puzzling Scientists > by Paul Recer, Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. > > WASHINGTON (June 19) - The Earth, moon, sun and all > visible stars in the sky make up less than one percent > of the universe. Almost all the rest is dark matter > and dark energy, unknown forces that puzzle astronomers. > > Observations in recent years have changed the basic > understanding of how the universe evolved and have > emphasized for astronomers how little is known about > the major forces and substances that shaped our world ... _____________________________ _____________________________ Matter -- the Sun, Moon, Stars, planets, comets, asteroids, pebbles, ice, dust, molecules, atoms, electrons and protons -- make up only five percent of the observed cosmos. Energy -- quantized/connected Electromagnetic Waves, make up another five percent. The remaining 90 percent of the cosmos is the aether. Aenertial electromagnetic waves which are not quantized, not self-connected. Also known as spirit, or experience. That which connects us all, and everything ... _____________________________ _____________________________ Our divine loving 'Mother-Country' is not unknown, or unknowable -- yet we certainly DO have many westerners, and victims of the west, today, who have a lot of growing up to do. a lot of peace/joy/happiness to realize. As we, as a planetary family, are being realized. In HER divine embrace, Millennium Twain http://unamity.com/SoverAnia Mother 'Turtla' posted to PHOTOS page: Ammachi/ ... .. Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions./yplus/yoffer.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Hey Millennium man, Let's hope they catch on in the physics lab, and the idea & ideals of an interconnected universe spreads to senates and board rooms, and maybe those senates and board rooms become obsolete by way of the enlightened humanity. Then perhaps we would have, here on the earth, the motivation to produce weapons of mass construction, or even better, let Adi Shakti and Shiva do all the creating and us make a way to... join them? OK, so I'm having another utopian Satya Yuga dream.. but we'll get there one day! We are evolving. In a message dated 7/6/03 6:11:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ammachi writes: << Matter -- the Sun, Moon, Stars, planets, comets, asteroids, pebbles, ice, dust, molecules, atoms, electrons and protons -- make up only five percent of the observed cosmos. Energy -- quantized/connected Electromagnetic Waves, make up another five percent. The remaining 90 percent of the cosmos is the aether. Aenertial electromagnetic waves which are not quantized, not self-connected. Also known as spirit, or experience. That which connects us all, and everything ... _____________________________ _____________________________ Our divine loving 'Mother-Country' is not unknown, or unknowable -- yet we certainly DO have many westerners, and victims of the west, today, who have a lot of growing up to do. a lot of peace/joy/happiness to realize. As we, as a planetary family, are being realized. In HER divine embrace, Millennium Twain http://unamity.com/SoverAnia Mother 'Turtla' posted to PHOTOS page: Ammachi/ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 >but we'll get there one day! We are evolving. one hug at a time times over 21 million.... how many hugs would all those hugged have to give to spread the hug to every member of the human family? happy to join you in your sweet dream, which has the delcious scent of Amma. premarupa Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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