dark matter

There was a news announcement today that is pretty cool: Hubble has spotted a giant ring of dark matter surrounding a galaxy cluster. Up until now, astronomers figured the halo would always be spherical or perhaps elliptical, but the ring caught them by surprise. Evidently, the cluster is...

An interesting article in new scientist http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19125664.000-ether-returns-in-a-bid-to-oust-dark-matter.html they posit that ether is a field which permeates space time - which would exist if everything else was removed. This ether would boost the...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/21/dark.matter/index.html Interesting, but I do have a question. If dark matter makes up 70% of all matter, why don't we feel it in the local environment? Is it because dark matter is in a giant pile elsewhere?

Okay, folks, I need some help here. I may have uncovered an interesting relationship between Higgs bosons, dark matter, and string theory. (It may even point to where the Higgs boson is hiding.) However, to orient everyone, let me start with some nomenclature from the “20,000 foot level”...