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Bending the Light: This image of galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short) is part of a broad survey with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
The distorted shapes in the cluster are distant galaxies from which the light is bent by the gravitational pull of an invisible material called dark matter within the cluster of galaxies. This cluster is an early target in a survey that will allow astronomers to construct the most detailed dark matter maps of more galaxy clusters than ever before.
Dark matter makes up the bulk of the universe’s mass, yet it can only be detected by measuring how its gravity tugs on visible matter and warps space like a fun-house mirror so that the light from distant objects is distorted.
Galaxy clusters like MACS 1206 are perfect laboratories for studying dark matter’s gravitational effects because they are the most massive structures in the universe. Because of their heft, the clusters act like giant cosmic lenses, magnifying, distorting and bending any light that passes through them — an effect known as gravitational lensing.
“What hangs in the balance? Oh, just the laws of nature and our understanding of the universe.”
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Neutrinos Provide Insight into Sun’s Birth
Using one of the most sensitive neutrino detectors on the planet, an international team including physicists Laura Cadonati and Andrea Pocar at the Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst is now measuring the flow of solar neutrinos reaching earth more precisely than ever before. The detector probes matter at the most fundamental level and provides a powerful tool for directly observing the sun’s composition.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Study-Neutrinos-Learn-More-about-the-Sun-101011.aspx
After getting a cut, many Americans will reach for a tube of over-the-counter antibiotic cream to ward off infection. But that widespread habit, a new paper suggests, may be contributing to the rise of one of the most concerning strains of drug-resistant bacteria.
Japanese researchers looked at 261 samples of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including two samples of the USA300 strain, a type of MRSA that has gained attention for its spread, its frequent presence in the community as well as the hospital, and its link to necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease.
The Sound of Hydrogen (by minutephysics)
You strive to be stable all your life, therefore you gain and lose protons and electrons. In order to be stable you must surround yourself with a constant energy level. Without this energy you will remain unstable.
You strive to be happy all your life, therefore you gain and lose good and bad people. In order to be happy you feel like you must surround yourself with constant craziness and partying. Without these outlandish actions you feel you will remain unhappy.
He is a genius
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