Universe Even Darker and Scarier that Previously Thought
Posted by Matthew on Wednesday February 12, 2003 @08:47AM
from the Dark-Science dept.
Matthew writes: Using results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite, which has mapped the universal background microwave radiation going back to the Big Bang, scientists have discovered that we know next to nothing about everything.
But they have put a precise figure to how much we don’t know: We now know that we don’t know what 95.6% of the Universe is made of.
On the good side, we also know that the Universe is 13.7 billion years old, and that it will expand indefinitely until it reaches a state of complete entropy.
Given that we have apparently no interaction with the unknown 95.6% of the Universe, scientists have decided to give up on Astrophysics and turn the awesome power of the WMAP Satellite to determine the answers to pressing questions on Earth, such as the exact age of Zsa Zsa Gabor, the extent to which Marlon Brando will expand, and the exact material composition of Michael Jackson’s face.