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tavernier

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12. Okay, please don't laugh

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:19 PM

Aug 2016

but I need to see it in simpler terms, if possible. So let's say our sun is an apple, and all stars are apples. Would an object that is considered dark matter be incomparable, let's say an orange? Or would it be invisible? Or opaque?
Or am I way off??

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A new class of galaxy has been discovered, one made almost entirely of dark matter [View all] Eugene Aug 2016 OP

we do have a dark matter galaxy right here--called the republican party and its supporters niyad Aug 2016 #1

And its number in the astronomical catalog is DJT*06/14/1946. cstanleytech Aug 2016 #9

good one!!!!! niyad Aug 2016 #10

Interesting indeed. I wonder what that looks like up close. byronius Aug 2016 #2

There's a Trump joke in here somewhere. I can feel it. tclambert Aug 2016 #3

see post 1 and post 9 for starters. niyad Aug 2016 #11

Very interesting! Thanks for posting! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #4

mind blowing rurallib Aug 2016 #5

I always Click on the Science type posts and links!! aeroman Aug 2016 #6

Here's some quick background. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #8

Okay, please don't laugh tavernier Aug 2016 #12

The leading idea is that it's composed of particles... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #13

So not apples and oranges but an unknown fruit. tavernier Aug 2016 #14

Wow maybe the warp engine can come true... yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #7

According to this "calulator" I found, it would take nearly 100,000 years at Warp 9.9 nomorenomore08 Aug 2016 #15

Well they will have to do what VOYAGER DID yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #16

Or get thrust forward by a dying alien sakabatou Aug 2016 #17

exactly! yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #19

I watch too much Star Trek sakabatou Aug 2016 #20

As long as you can say you watch all Sci fi yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #21

We have a good understanding of the processes in the stars we can see. Thor_MN Aug 2016 #18