Monday, January 09, 2012

Clearest Picture Yet of Dark Matter Points the Way to Better Understanding of Dark Energy

ScienceDaily -- Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have independently made the largest direct measurements of the invisible scaffolding of the universe, building maps of dark matter using new methods that, in turn, will remove key hurdles for understanding dark energy with ground-based telescopes.

MORE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120109155727.htm

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120109115830.htm

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: A Year of Achievement and Success
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120109192644.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

'Greeley Haven' Is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120109192512.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29Clearest Picture Yet of Dark

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The Richard Feynman Trilogy: The Physicist Captured in Three Films
http://www.openculture.com/2012/01/the_richard_feynman_film_trilogy.html