http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1847 Comments for "Dark Matter Rain" en http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1847 <p><a href="http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~isamu/research/astro-pics/astro-pics.html"><img src="http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~isamu/research/astro-pics/pictures/small/dark-matter.jpg" alt="" class="left" /></a> Ah, ok ... <em>that</em> explains it: With all the front-page happenings day after day, you might think there's a dark cloud over us, but in actual fact, while we <a href="//mt/archives/000987.html">already know we're sitting in the galactic chimney</a> it turns out that we've maybe <em>also</em> been left out in the <a title="Science Blog 'Dark-matter highway' may be streaming through Earth" href="http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=2514">dark matter rain</a></p> <blockquote><p><i>"As the Milky Way consumes Sagittarius, it not only rips the stars from the smaller galaxy, but also tears away some of the dark-matter particles from that galaxy. We may be able to directly observe that in the form of a dark-matter highway streaming in one direction through the Earth."</i></p></blockquote> <p>I told you to wear a hat.</p> http://blog.teledyn.com/node/1847#comments song of the stargazers Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:13:54 -0500 mrG 1847 at http://blog.teledyn.com