Dark Matter: The Begining

The inaugural post. While I can't say this blog thing will take hold of me, I'll give it a go. What's it all about? Musings I guess. Lots of photography I'm sure.

What do I mean by Dark Matter? In the past science had the Ether, which Webster defines as:

1a: the rarefied element formerly believed to fill the upper regions of space b: the upper regions of space : heavens
2a: also ae·ther : a medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves

A concept widely accepted during the pre-atomic age. We have since gotten a hold of ourselves and promptly forgot about Ether. Yet fifty years later, only to resurrect and rename this substance to do something more modern: Dark Matter. Which Wikipedia defines as:

In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is hypothetical matter that does not interact with the electromagnetic force, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies, as well as Big Bang cosmology, dark matter and dark energy account for the vast majority of the mass in the observable universe. The observed phenomena which imply the presence of dark matter include the rotational speeds of galaxies, orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters, gravitational lensing of background objects by galaxy clusters such as the Bullet cluster, and the temperature distribution of hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Dark matter also plays a central role in structure formation and galaxy evolution, and has measurable effects on the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background. All these lines of evidence suggest that galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and the universe as a whole contain far more matter than that which interacts with electromagnetic radiation: the remainder is called the "dark matter component."

How human a thing, to recycle a concept with a new name! Truly, what is more exciting that there being some substance in our universe that can only be described, as yet not captured, but we KNOW it must be there? The tendency of science to have faith in our observations, or physical senses is a biological necessity for all beings. This reliance is the reason for our sentience, our evolution of finer physical senses has allowed us to rise and self reflect. Oh how I pursue you DARK MATTER!

Between the shadows of understanding, Dark Matter