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  • |title=The Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy ...ties emerged. One was [[Fred Hoyle]]'s [[steady state model]], whereby new matter would be created as the universe seemed to expand. In this model, the unive ...
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  • ...]] at the tops of elevations, surrounded by a low-lying, smooth blanket of dark material.<ref name=Moore2004/> This is thought to result from the [[sublima ...e water ice are intermixed with patches of a rock–ice mixture and extended dark areas made of a non-ice material.<ref name=Moore2004/><ref name="Greeley 20 ...
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  • The rings of Neptune are made of extremely dark material, likely [[Organic compound|organic]] compounds processed by [[rad ...><ref name="Burns2001" /> The particles in Neptune's rings are made from a dark material; probably a mixture of ice with [[radiation]]-processed [[organic ...
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  • ...[[spectrum|spectra]]. No firm evidence of the presence of water, [[organic matter]] or other chemical compounds has been obtained. The Trojans' densities (as Jupiter Trojans are dark bodies of irregular shape. Their [[geometric albedo]]s generally vary betwe ...
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  • ...p=83–91}}.</ref> For that, a theory is needed which describes the way that matter (such as the large mass of the Earth) affects the inertial environment arou ...find the missing cornerstone of his theory: the equations describing how [[matter]] influences spacetime's curvature. Having formulated what are now known as ...
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  • ...flyby]], for example, the planet's southern hemisphere possessed a [[Great Dark Spot]] comparable to the [[Great Red Spot]] on [[Jupiter]]. These weather p [[Image:Neptune storms.jpg|thumb|upright|right|The [[Great Dark Spot]] (top), Scooter (middle white cloud),<ref name=scooter>{{cite web ...
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  • ...[[four-momentum]] ([[mass-energy]] and linear [[momentum]]) of whatever [[matter]] and [[radiation]] are present. The relation is specified by the [[Einstei ...tions specify how the geometry of space and time is influenced by whatever matter is present, and form the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity.<r ...
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  • ...| title=From Kuiper Belt Object to Cometary Nucleus: The Missing Ultrared Matter | journal=The [[Astronomical Journal]] | volume=123 | issue=2 | pages=1039– ...ne]] could have formed ''in situ'' beyond Saturn, as too little primordial matter existed at that range to produce objects of such high mass. Instead, these ...
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  • The '''atom''' is a basic unit of [[matter]] consisting of a dense, central [[atomic nucleus|nucleus]] surrounded by a ...be divided further. The concept of an atom as an indivisible component of matter was first proposed by early [[Indian philosophy|India]]n and [[Greek philos ...
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  • ...osed mostly of [[Degenerate matter#Electron degeneracy|electron-degenerate matter]]. Because a white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the [[Sun]] and i ...ttp://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2005/25/LTU-LIC-0525-SE.pdf Exotic Phases of Matter in Compact Stars]'', Fredrik Sandin, licentiate thesis, Luleå University of ...
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  • ...burn the [[retina]]s of the eyes. [[Goggle]]s and [[welding helmet]]s with dark face plates are worn to prevent this exposure, and in recent years, new hel Welders are also often exposed to dangerous gases and [[particulate]] matter. Processes like flux-cored arc welding and shielded metal arc welding prod ...
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  • ...antity of the one-and-twenty letters, composed either of gold or any other matter, were thrown upon the ground, they would fall into such order as legibly to ...is incorrect.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Thanu |last=Padmanabhan |title=The dark side of astronomy |journal=Nature |volume=435 |pages=20–21 |year=2005 |doi= ...
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  • .... The star then evolves into a degenerate form, recycling a portion of the matter into the interstellar environment, where it will form a new generation of s ...strength and number of their [[Spectral line|absorption lines]]&mdash;the dark lines in a stellar spectra due to the absorption of specific frequencies by ...
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  • ...kwɑrk|}}) is an [[elementary particle]] and a fundamental constituent of [[matter]]. Quarks combine to form [[composite particle]]s called [[hadron]]s, the b ...r.|alt=A four-by-four table of particles. Columns are three generations of matter (fermions) and one of forces (bosons). In the first three columns, two rows ...
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  • |Inorganic matter ("ash")|| align="center" | 6.0 ...bute to its high prices. Kashmiri saffron is recognisable by its extremely dark maroon-purple hue, among the world's darkest, which suggests the saffron's ...
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  • ...' is measured, the distinction between redshift and blue shift is simply a matter of whether ''z'' is positive or negative. See the [[#Redshift forumlas|form ...brightness in solar luminosities), an important tool for measuring [[dark matter]].<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Binney|coauthors=and Scott Treimane|tit ...
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  • ...Tauri stars show that they are often accompanied by discs of pre-planetary matter with masses of 0.001–0.1 [[solar mass]]es.<ref name= "Kitamara">{{cite conf ...errestrial embryos grew to about 0.05 Earth masses and ceased accumulating matter about 100,000&nbsp;years after the formation of the Sun; subsequent collisi ...
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  • ...its face are illuminated by the Sun, leading to the [[lunar phase]]s; the dark part of the face is separated from the light part by the [[terminator (sola ...axial tilt as Earth, but not its large Moon or liquid core—may settle the matter. ...
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