Sunday Science Sermon
There were a lot of articles talking about the FERMI Gamma Ray Telescope and some if it’s interesting finds. Since a lot of that material has to so with the longterm value of General Relativity as a model to describe our universe I decided to be a little lazy – post Halloween party and all – and bundle those articles up with an interesting bit about General Relativity being tested and possibly found lacking.
The NYT has an article on gamma detection (thanks Sam!) which confirms that the theoretical granularity of sub-space, at the very least, has no effect on the speed of light. Ars Technica also, somewhat awkwardly, covers the same story.
The FERMI telescope has also managed to potentially demonstrate evidence for dark matter.
FERMI, doing a bit of ass kicking in it’s first year, has also managed to detect the oldest object yet detected; a 13 billion year old explosion.
I’m going to wrap up with a little bit of mind bending action from Cosmic Variance. Cornell Cosmologist Rachel Bean has managed to come up with a way to really put General Relativity to the test.