So I followed the facebook link here. I'd been looking at a mathematical theory that is looking to prove dark energy and matter in space, then came across a JPL post regarding a NASA joint mission to map dark matter in space with sensors on a probe. Apparently there is a HUGE nerd war on the topic. Physicists are pro observable things in space, and the mathematicians are getting flak for trying to prove existence
through math. So both of these projects are happening concurrently, with the same goal (to prove dark matter/energy once and for all) yet they want to fight.
Meanwhile, I'm sitting here like the Discovery channel special watching dummy I am thinking "uhhhh....isn't dark matter the stuff that holds galaxies together? They don't have enough gravity to not fly apart without dark matter, so what are we proving again?" As I understood it, dark matter refracts light and that's about it. How else are you going to prove it without math as a guide of what to look for?
Also: Stars produce iron seconds before they go supernova. I didn't know iron was a star killer. Apparently trying to fuse other elements with iron absorbs energy rather than releases it. Without the energy release that comes from fission at the stars core, gravity acting on the star wins and crushes it, and bam supernova.
