Peter "Bra Snatcher" Parker (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nomoneystillproblems) wrote2014-12-03 09:15 pm
nomoneystillproblems) wrote2014-12-03 09:15 pm
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It really helped while I was cooped up in medical all those days.
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
I don't blame you, it's really interesting! I had no idea any of this was true before.
[Just a few months ago he was still stuck in a pre-Copernican universe and thought the sun revolved around the earth...]
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
Gravity, that's the force that pulls matter together and holds us down on a planets surface.
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Oh cool! That's so good, it'll be good to know this stuff considering that you're gonna be traipsing around the universe now
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
it's pretty crazy, isn't it? really hard to wrap your head around but that's kinda the draw for me.
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
that's right! okay so basically what i meant was that scientists have been able to calculate the gravitational force of all the known objects in our solar system
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
planets and everything on them, the sun, etc.
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
but the thing is when they entered these numbers into equations, they realized that these forces of gravity weren't actually enough to keep these planets in orbit in one solar system, or keep all the solar systems in the same galaxy, and so on
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
in fact the numbers were off by so much the only explanation is that there are extraneous forces, or unknown matter that makes up for the gravity we lack, to hold it all together
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
as far as the sciences in my world went we haven't been able to detect or determine what exactly these forces or matter are, so we're referring to them as "dark matter" and "dark forces" as placeholder terms
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
it sounds outlandish but the equations came out with something like the universe being comprised of only about 4 or 5% of known matter -- stuff we're familiar with and can see and touch -- and the rest is a huge question mark
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
i wonder if they have anything on the subject out here, it would be cool to get a one-up on the current theories back home
look at this nerd
I thought so too. I already learned a little from one of the videos back on the ship but this book has even more info!
[Then give him some time to slog through this barrage of tl;dr...]
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
Everything we know to exist only accounts for 5% of what's out there in the universe? That's just crazy! It's hard to imagine all that blank space we just don't know anything about.
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
It's hard enough to imagine all those other planets out there, all orbiting around their own sun. A single galaxy can contain 100 billion stars and there might be trillions of galaxies so just think
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
about all of those stars and every single one is sustaining a system of planets. A lot of those planets are uninhabitable but even if just a tiny percentage of them can hold life that has to be
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
millions of worlds where creatures or even people live. I think that's so amazing!
looks at the wall instead
I know right! it's so cool, and that's like, the one thing that's been cool about this
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
there's so many possibilities in this universe. Nothing's for certain, and we're getting to see glimpses of it
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
what else have you been reading about? Is it just a book on space?
FROM: parker.peter@cdc.org
If I find any good reads that aren't going to look like total gobbledygook, I'm going to lend you stuff on biology and chemistry. I'm serious marco there's so much out there. And physics is just crazy
don't be shy...
I just never knew there was so much I didn't know. If that makes any sense.
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
This is the only book I've gotten my hands [well...hand...] on so far. Pilot has some more he said I could borrow though.
FROM: bott.marco@cdc.org
Biology that's the study of humans and animals and plants right? What are chemistry and physics about?
[You'll have to remember that he's more or less a complete stranger to the world of academia.]