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<p><font size="+1"><small>hi all, this from the bbc, via my weblog today.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.globalchicago.net">http://www.globalchicago.net</a> happy weekend. m<br>
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<p> <b><i>Dark Matter Technology</i></b> </p>
<p> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3077449.stm">BBC reporting...</a>
<i>Astronomers have made a 'mass map' of one of the most massive structures
in the Universe, showing how much more there is to it than glowing stars
and gas. The object is a distant cluster of galaxies that contains 'dark
matter,' the unknown component that comprises most of the mass of the Universe.
The map shows it is distributed in much the same way as are the visible
stars.</i></p>
<p align="center"><img
src="http://www.globalchicago.net/weblog/images/darkmatter.jpg">
<img src="http://www.globalchicago.net/weblog/images/nodarkmatter.jpg">
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Hubble photos show dark matter on the left<br>
in blue and just stars on the right, undistorted.</p>
<i>Clusters of galaxies are the largest stable systems in the Universe. They
contain not only stars, gas and dust but something else as well. Astronomers
do not know what that something is. They know it is there because they can
see the effect its gravity has on the motions of stars and galaxies, but
because they have never seen this 'dark matter' they do not know what it
is.</i><br>
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<i>Dark matter makes up about 80-85% of the matter in the Universe. Many
types of objects are suspected ranging from dead stars to hoards of sub-atomic
particles.</i><br>
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Makes me wonder if <a
href="http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceTech">OpenSpaceTech</a>
wouldn't be more aptly named "DarkMatterTech" since it seems to be where we
explore and cut through the things that blur and distort clarity and movement
in organization. <img
src="http://www.globalchicago.net/weblog/images/tiny_ah.jpg">
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Michael Herman Associates
300 West North Avenue #1105
Chicago IL 60610 USA
(312) 280-7838
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.michaelherman.com">http://www.michaelherman.com</a> - consulting & publications
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.globalchicago.net">http://www.globalchicago.net</a> - laboratory & playground
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org</a> - worldwide open space
...inviting organization into movement
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