Astronomers' Doubts About the Dark Side: Errors in Big Bang Data

[Studeo]

Astronomers' Doubts About the Dark Side: Errors in Big Bang Data
Larger Than Thought?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0613212708.htm

ScienceDaily (June 11, 2010) — New research by astronomers in the
Physics Department at Durham University suggests that the conventional
wisdom about the content of the Universe may be wrong.

Graduate student Utane Sawangwit and Professor Tom Shanks looked at
observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
satellite to study the remnant heat from the Big Bang. The two
scientists find evidence that the errors in its data may be much
larger than previously thought, which in turn makes the standard model
of the Universe open to question. The team publish their results in a
letter to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society.

Launched in 2001, WMAP measures differences in the Cosmic Microwave
Background (CMB) radiation, the residual heat of the Big Bang that
fills the Universe and appears over the whole of the sky. The angular
size of the ripples in the CMB is thought to be connected to the
composition of the Universe. The observations of WMAP showed that the
ripples were about twice the size of the full Moon, or around a degree
across.

With these results, scientists concluded that the cosmos is made up of
4% 'normal' matter, 22% 'dark' or invisible matter and 74% 'dark
energy'. Debate about the exact nature of the 'dark side' of the
Universe -- the dark matter and dark energy -- continues to this day.

Sawangwit and Shanks used astronomical objects that appear as
unresolved points in radio telescopes to test the way the WMAP
telescope smoothes out its maps. They find that the smoothing is much
larger than previously believed, suggesting that its measurement of
the size of the CMBR ripples is not as accurate as was thought. If
true this could mean that the ripples are significantly smaller, which
could imply that dark matter and dark energy are not present after
all.

Prof. Shanks comments "CMB observations are a powerful tool for
cosmology and it is vital to check for systematic effects. If our
results prove correct then it will become less likely that dark energy
and exotic dark matter particles dominate the Universe. So the
evidence that the Universe has a 'Dark Side' will weaken!"

In addition, Durham astronomers recently collaborated in an
international team whose research suggested that the structure of the
CMB may not provide the robust independent check on the presence of
dark energy that it was thought to.

If dark energy does exist, then it ultimately causes the expansion of
the Universe to accelerate. On their journey from the CMB to the
telescopes like WMAP, photons (the basic particles of electromagnetic
radiation including light and radio waves) travel through giant
superclusters of galaxies. Normally a CMB photon is first blueshifted
(its peak shifts towards the blue end of the spectrum) when it enters
the supercluster and then redshifted as it leaves, so that the two
effects cancel. However, if the supercluster galaxies are accelerating
away from each other because of dark energy, the cancellation is not
exact, so photons stay slightly blueshifted after their passage.
Slightly higher temperatures should appear in the CMB where the
photons have passed through superclusters.

However, the new results, based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey which
surveyed 1 million luminous red galaxies, suggest that no such effect
is seen, again threatening the standard model of the Universe.

Utane Sawangwit says, "If our result is repeated in new surveys of
galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere then this could mean real problems
for the existence of dark energy."

If the Universe really has no 'dark side', it will come as a relief to
some theoretical physicists. Having a model dependent on as yet
undetected exotic particles that make up dark matter and the
completely mysterious dark energy leaves many scientists feeling
uncomfortable. It also throws up problems for the birth of stars in
galaxies, with as much 'feedback' energy needed to prevent their
creation as gravity provides to help them form.

Prof. Shanks concludes "Odds are that the standard model with its
enigmatic dark energy and dark matter will survive -- but more tests
are needed. The European PLANCK satellite, currently out there
collecting more CMB data will provide vital new information and help
us answer these fundamental questions about the nature of the Universe
we live in."

Story Source:

The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by
ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Royal Astronomical
Society (RAS).

[Grizzom]

All the big names in physics has staked their careers on the big bang theory.

The universe is fractal, geometric and based on pi and phi ratios.

I believe the universe is an advanced computer simulation and we are all just self aware avatars living in Sim-city 12.0 ( The planet earth series )

God may just be some geek pecking away at his keyboard and adding oil spills,wars and global warming to the mix for sh-ts and giggles

Morgan Freeman just came out with a new show called "Through the wormhole" and in it they make a good case for a computer generated simulated universe.

I did a post about one of the guys in the film here : https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...-of-everything

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nUW61C_0uow

Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: Is There a Creator? Premiere Date Wednesday, June 9 2010.

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence — the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity.

What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most brilliant minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers.

Is There a Creator?

It's perhaps the biggest, most controversial mystery in the cosmos. Did our Universe just come into being by random chance, or was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life? The latest science is showing that the four forces governing our universe are phenomenally finely tuned. So finely that it had led many to the conclusion that someone, or something, must have calibrated them; a belief further backed up by evidence that everything in our universe may emanate from one extraordinarily elegant and beautiful design known as the E8 Lie Group. While skeptics hold that these findings are neither conclusive nor evidence of a divine creator, some cutting edge physicists are already positing who this God is: an alien gamester who's created our world as the ultimate SIM game for his own amusement. It's an answer as compelling as it is disconcerting.

Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: God Theories- https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPFYyq...

Is god ready to hit the reset button on us?

"How would we know"

[conk]

"...was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life?" If this is true, when does the nurturing start? All I see is centuries of misery for most people on Earth.

[Grizzom]

Posted by conk (here)
"...was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life?" If this is true, when does the nurturing start? All I see is centuries of misery for most people on Earth.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Trt1ZWR5PqQ

"Biblical Insights into the Problem of Suffering"

Bart D. Ehrman
Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes biblical scholar Bart Ehrman for a discussion of his intellectual odyssey with a focus on how the Bible explains the problem of human suffering. The conversation includes a discussion of the challenges of biblical interpretation when confronting this age old problem of the human condition. Included are topics such as the contribution of the prophets, a comparison of the old and new testaments, the book of Job, and the emergence of apocalyptic writers.
Recorded April 17, 2008

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/



Why do we Suffer? Three Possibilities
As a Rabbi, I've found that the most troubling spiritual question for most people is: "Why is life so difficult?" They want to understand why bad things happen -- especially to good people -- why things can't always be easy and comfortable and why we suffer. This question of suffering -- which theologians refer to as "theodicy" -- has, since the emergence of human consciousness, prompted many different theories and possible answers. Below are three compelling ideas. Some may resonate for you and others may seem forced or flat, but all present a way to see life's difficulties as mechanisms for growth.

1.Overcoming Difficulties Elevates Us
2..Difficulties Present the Necessity for Choices
3.Difficulties Develop Confidence and Faith

Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-l..._b_245272.html

I tend to favor Robert Anton Wilson's point of view

"The world is full of sh-t and we will never figure it out"

[Grizzom]

This is the editors note in Atlantis Rising Magazine #79

Seemed worth posting?

[MorningSong]

Thanks Grizzom! I agree strongly with the last paragraph!