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Missing Galaxy Mass Found

posted by Dopefish on Sunday February 23 2014, @04:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-carl-sagan-when-you-need-him? dept.

pjbgravely writes:

"Scientists use gravity lensing measurements to determine mass of galaxy clusters. Anja von der Linden, an astrophysicist at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University in California, is using the Subaru telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, both on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The results are 40% higher than the measurements done by the Planck collaboration.

I guess there goes Douglas Adams' theory that the missing mass was in the packing material of the scientists' equipment."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by evilviper on Sunday February 23 2014, @06:42AM

    by evilviper (1760) on Sunday February 23 2014, @06:42AM (#5143) Journal

    Yes, in Hawaii we have lots of missing mass. Mostly attached to our residents, but none the less. . .

    "The mass of an adult human brain is about 1,300 to 1,400 g. The brain makes up about two percent of the human"s mass."

    http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/RachelScottRos enbluth.shtml [hypertextbook.com]

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