Archive for January 17th, 2008

A Lopsided Antimatter Cloud for our Galaxy

Posted in January 17th, 2008

The European Space Agency’s orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has measured our Galaxy’s antimatter cloud, and found it to be lopsided. If confirmed, this may well play havoc with scientists who attributed the origin of the antimatter cloud to the annihilation or decay of dark matter. (It’s late and I just typed ‘dork matter’. wah. Not that we scientists are dorks or any such thing. nope.)

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Tags: "dark matter", "dork matter", "European Space Agency", "gamma-rays", "x-ray binaries", antimatter, galaxy, Integral, stars

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Superfun Superfund Locator

Posted in January 17th, 2008

by admin in conservation, pollution

Have you ever wondered what type of dark, unpleasant surprises in the form of pollution are lurking in your neighborhood? Would you like to know the location of the closest superfund sites in your county, you know, just for fun? Well, if that is an itch you’ve been wanting to scratch, the following link should do the trick. You never know, you might just live next to your state’s equivalent to Love Canal…