This so deserves a *promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, April 12th, 2010 9:33am PDT - promote requested by moodonia.

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It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.

Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.

Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:

It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.

>> ^Throbbin:

Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.
Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:
It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.



I was really excited at the prospect of proof of dark matter! I'm less-excited by proof of dark energy, because that all but confirms a dismal end to the universe. Still, it's neat when science works. I'm not an astrophysicist, but I don't think the Dark Matter/Energy theories are related so that one implies the other. I could be wrong, though!

According to Wikipedia, I gather that the confirmation of Dark Energy makes the existence of Dark Matter very likely.>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Throbbin:
Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.
Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:
It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.


I was really excited at the prospect of proof of dark matter! I'm less-excited by proof of dark energy, because that all but confirms a dismal end to the universe. Still, it's neat when science works. I'm not an astrophysicist, but I don't think the Dark Matter/Energy theories are related so that one implies the other. I could be wrong, though!


I know the sift boasts some experts in the field. What do you guys think?