Saturday, October 31, 2009

SPOOKY! Is Unknown Force In Universe Acting On Dark Matter?
The dark matter seems to 'know' how the visible matter is distributed. They seem to conspire with each other such that the gravity of the visible matter at the characteristic radius of the dark halo is always the same.. . .

It is possible that a non-gravitational fifth force is ruling the dark matter with an invisible hand, leaving the same fingerprints on all galaxies, irrespective of their ages, shapes and sizes."

Such a force might solve an even bigger mystery, known as 'dark energy', which is ruling the accelerated expansion of the Universe. A more radical solution is a revision of the laws of gravity first developed by Isaac Newton in 1687 and refined by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in 1916. Einstein never fully decided whether his equation should add an omnipresent constant source, now called dark energy.
"An invisible hand,leaving the same fingerprints on all galaxies" Why if scientists weren't so absolutely sure that there is no God, I'd say those are his fingerprints. But scientists aren't allowed to consider questions about the universe that imply the existence of a creative or governing intelligence out there. So it will eventually turn out to be the biggest scientific error of all.