Dark matter

[willolner]

For a long time iv wondered why space was black...i just couldn’t think why...then after watching a TV program (thanks horizon) i came up with the answer!...ever heard of dark matter...a substance so small it can pass through atoms, it cannot be seen (it is (supposedly) the reason galaxies furthest stars rotate at the same speed as the ones in the middle) and has never, ever been detected...now, my theory...is that that blackness is dark matter!, it makes sence!!...think about mist... you cant see a single droplet of mist...or mist in your direct vicinity, but far away it seems abundant...its the same principal with us seeing dark matter...its just soooooo small it needs to be allot further away.

and that is why the sky is black (and how we actually can see dark matter)

please excuse the bad wording (im dyslexic)

i will be happy to respond to any questions :)

what do you think??

[Realn0whereman]

have u called nasa yet?

[willolner]

lol why?? should i??:)

[Chathurga]

The blackness of space has nothing to do with dark matter.
Space is black because there are no objects for light to bounce off and into your eye. (Well not enough objects.)

[willolner]

that makes no sense...because in theory the infinite amount of stars should fill all the gaps and cause a space to be a different colour (excuse the bad wording) and there are an infinite amount of stars all providing a light source...so again it dosent explain it

[Chathurga]

For a star to be at every point in the sky one of the following would have to be true:
The Universe is infinitely old.
The Universe isn't expanding.

Neither are true, there is not a star at every point in the sky. Therefore the sky should not be bright.

[willolner]

ok....explain to me how there is a infinate ammount of stars...and yet we can only see a certain ammount of them....theres nothing in the way....just vacume???

[Chathurga]

There isn't an infinite number of stars.
Look, you don't have the answer. I'm sorry but do you really think you found the answer after watching a show and researchers haven't?

[Jay C]

If space was white, that would imply that the light from every star in existence would be visible regardless of distance or whatever ether might be in the way, meaning there would be no night. A blinding white sky would be visible at all times.

I think I'll keep my black space, if you dont mind.

[willolner]

Exactly!...according to my theory...the reason that doesnt happen..is due to dark matter's mist like effect :)

[Chathurga]

No, you are wrong.
You obviously don't understand why, so just know that you are.

[willolner]

Wow!...that was a constuctive comment......not

[Chathurga]

Well I explain why you were wrong and you still don't get it.
Space is not infinite.
There is not a star at every point in the sky.
Dark matter has nothing to do with the blackness of space.

[willolner]

Well I explain why you were wrong and you still don't get it.
Space is not infinite.
There is not a star at every point in the sky.
Dark matter has nothing to do with the blackness of space.

and how do you know this??

[Inx]

For a long time iv wondered why space was black...i just couldn’t think why...then after watching a TV program (thanks horizon) i came up with the answer!...ever heard of dark matter...a substance so small it can pass through atoms, it cannot be seen (it is (supposedly) the reason galaxies furthest stars rotate at the same speed as the ones in the middle) and has never, ever been detected...now, my theory...is that that blackness is dark matter!, it makes sence!!...think about mist... you cant see a single droplet of mist...or mist in your direct vicinity, but far away it seems abundant...its the same principal with us seeing dark matter...its just soooooo small it needs to be allot further away.

and that is why the sky is black (and how we actually can see dark matter)

please excuse the bad wording (im dyslexic)

i will be happy to respond to any questions :)

what do you think??

Wow... i think you watch to much TV lol, what is the meaning of life, and who was the first human on earth?

nah im only joking, everyones entitled to an opinion

[Chathurga]

and how do you know this??

Oh god!
How do you know that dark matter creates a mist like effect?
Evidence please.

[willolner]

Wow... i think you watch to much TV lol, what is the meaning of life, and who was the first human on earth?

nah im only joking, everyones entitled to an opinion

thank you :)
-= Double Post =-

Oh god!
How do you know that dark matter creates a mist like effect?
Evidence please.

yes and if you read it! you will reilise it is a theory!

according to you space isnt infinate (which surprisingly enough i agree with)..i want to know why you think this!

[Chathurga]

If it was infinite the universe couldn't exist!
You are basing this "theory" off no fact, at all.
I could just as logically suggest that elephants cause this so called mist like effect which make the sky black at night.

[willolner]

but space being infinate or not being infinate is ur opinion!...not fact!

[Chathurga]

It is not my opinion.
Time Travel...Possible! (well kinda) (theory)

[willolner]

dude thats just a link to your own post...what does that prove?? and it is your opinion...because theres no hard evidence...

[Jay C]

Space is not infinite.

A lot of people view space as infinite because theres too much space out there to comprehend, so its easier to view space as incomprehendable, or infinite. However, saying space is finite makes me think that theres just a big wall out there... and I'm not comfortable with that, lol.

[willolner]

A lot of people view space as infinite because theres too much space out there to comprehend, so its easier to view space as incomprehendable, or infinite. However, saying space is finite makes me think that theres just a big wall out there... and I'm not comfortable with that, lol.

very well said....it makes me paranoid to think where not the ones in control

[Chathurga]

There is hard evidence!
The universe has a shape, no infinite object can have a shape.

[willolner]

There is hard evidence!
The universe has a shape, no infinite object can have a shape.

lmao...your telling me the exact shape of the universe is known! thats stupid! that means for definate god exsists!

[Chathurga]

lmao...your telling me the exact shape of the universe is known! thats stupid! that means for definate god exsists!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_Universe
That means god exists....?
How?

Let me ask, how much science have you done in school?

[NeilR]

Play nice guys.. Everyone's welcome to their opinion.
Imo, scientific facts are often only fact until proven inaccurate so keep an open mind..

[Jay C]

Play nice guys.. Everyone's welcome to their opinion.
Imo, scientific facts are often only fact until proven inaccurate so keep an open mind..

Yay it's officially an argument now.
I just caught myself trying to think of a response, just for the sake of having one.
A lot of that leads to a retarded, useless conversation.
I'm gonna go back to studying Western Civ now.

[willolner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_Universe
That means god exists....?
How?

Let me ask, how much science have you done in school?

ok ask yourself...if the universe does just stop...then what lies beyond that...it means we are in some kind of box...what type i dont know...but if its true the universe does just stop...then what is behind it?

and what relivence does school have?...they dont teach u this in school pal! lol

[Chathurga]

There is nothing outside the universe because the universe created space.