Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from Germany, France and Sweden show that most of the (dark) matter beyond the Local Group of galaxies (which includes the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy) must be organized in an extended plane. Above and below this plane are large voids. The observed motions of nearby galaxies and the joint masses of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy can only be properly explained with this "flat" mass distribution. The research, led by Ph.D. graduate Ewoud Wempe and Professor Amina Helmi, is published in Nature Astronomy.
‘god’ is dark matter
People once said the moon was made of mud and birds went there in winter to hibernate in the mud.
Before we understood lightning, we had a whole pantheon of “Gods” to explain it.
50 years ago, we we didn’t know if bigfoot or giant squid existed, today we have enough tools that we learned that one exists, and the other probably doesn’t.
We can demonstrate in a laboratory that cause and effect are not solid concepts, so any “god” in our universe would need to be something that doesn’t exist within causality or he’s not “all powerful” at all, and if you have a being that interacts with us, but already knows how everything will evolve and change through time, what’s even the fucking point of a god at all? If I’m going to believe in magic, it needs to explain something or be useful in some way.
anything we don’t understand yet, that can be god… it used to be thunder, earthquakes, now it’s vast sheets of lifeless matter flooping around our intergalactic neighbourhood - progress I guess? 😁
lifeless as far as we can tell. Who knows what complexities arise in the dark places of the universe?
well yes exactly … in that realm of the unknown, our imaginations can run riot
it wasn’t that long ago that there were still dark corners of the earth - well, more like vast tracts of unexplored terrain - in the Amazon, deep in mountain ranges, or in icy tundra.
There dragons did roam, whilst flying demons did dart overhead, their ungodly shrieks turning the hearts of the bravest men to jello.
There are no secrets on the earth any more, so we have to look elsewhere to satisfy our lust for meaning and importance.
on larger scales we are basically atom size. spec of dirt on a giant flea on a dog. i should get some sleep. wired
Am I god too?
I am my own damn god.