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Antarctica Hears Little Normal Matter in the Big Bang
On the frozen ice near the bottom of the world, sophisticated instruments listen for a precise echo of how our universe started. Three independent collaborations announced evidence that overtones heard are consistent with our universe having only about five percent normal matter. The remaining 95 percent is dark matter or dark energy. This amount of normal matter was expected if our universe underwent a particularly explosive early phase of the Big Bang.
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In tropical astrology, 1 MAY 2001 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 MAY 2001.
- 2001-04-01 Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match
- 2001-04-24 NGC 2264: Stars, Dust, and Gas
- 2001-04-30 Approaching the International Space Station
- 2001-05-02 Planet Building in HD 100546
- 2001-05-08 GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
- 2001-05-31 LINEAR's Tail and Two Nuclei