Re: Where are they?

Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
23 Nov 1997 00:28:45 +0100


Twink <neptune@mars.superlink.net> writes:

> At 09:16 AM 11/21/97 +0200, Leevi Marttila <lm+extropians@sip.fi> wrote:
> >There is two problems:
> >Where is missing mass in the universe?
>
> I question the question. Perhaps the universe is open, hyperbolic and
> infinite in extent. If so, then the search for the missing mass is like
> trying to find caloric or measure the Earth's movement against the
> aether.

It would still be missing, since it is detected (or rather, a
discrepance is detected) by the rotation curves of galaxies. The
cosmological density doesn't come into the question directly, although
many scientists no doubt hope the missing mass sets omega=1.

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