HubertManne

I think this depends how close you are looking and what your comparison is. The star density we are at vs star density in other parts of the galaxy is not something being argued along with our approximate position in a spiral arm. Its as certain as anything in science. I mean im talking the same way you would do for city, suburb, rural. density. in this case density of stars vs density of population.

Actually we already know and are more like the galactic suburbs. It can be much more denser toward the center even assuming far enough to be technically survivable but then its way less dense on the edges.

yeah. im not wild about reducing fossil fuels through war and death. one bad thing making up for another bad thing is not exactly progress. I mean greater energy efficiency causing more use I can live with although it does not thrill me.

oh. well trully ones balls most certainly hang low to do that.

I mean. How would one even do that, like in what manner?

Yes! My son you survived the trial of the crushing vice and the trial of the scalding water. You are worthy!

and I think some type of tying might be necessary.

So they need to hang low then?

I feel like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation are kinda at odds. Anyway I love my tight undies and hot baths.

yeah its some multiples of hiroshima.

that would be way to much. Data centers are huge and energy intensive. If this was using 3% of the power of a datacenter just to keep one antimatter particle isolated. ugh.

yeah and you might be on to something. they might already have ideas to reduce the size or complexity and might follow up using a different design. I have been involved in a lot of projects with a large and ugly prototype to prove some stuff and then greater effort is put into design once they know the idea works.

so again. if the energy used to capture is trivial to the energy used to contain. I want to know that. What im really looking for is the practicality of long term storage.

Im not so sure. creating antimatter is not trivial. if they could keep it contained indefinately at little cost it would be kept to use with other experiments. Maybe that is why its stopped. To be used with another experiment. I just would like to know why and what its final dispensation was.

Man the two things I would have liked from the article is how much total energy did this cost to do. Im guessing if it was up scaled it should not cost much more than doing a single particle although I guess more magnetic power do to gravity. Then also it does not say why it only lasted that long. Did they intentionally stop or did something stop working and a particle of regular matter managed to touch it.

a single particle almost nothing. if it was a gram though it would be bad.

Thanks. I recall seeing this awhile back and im not sure if they were for sure it was not an anomaly or such. Its nice to see something mature.

Everyone seems to be taking this as the dogs being in the bed. Our dog is welcome to be there but prefers not to. Im pretty sure she gets to hot. She only goes on 1: to wake us up or 2: when she is really scared. She does however often lay on the floor right next to me and I will sometimes pet her if im awake at the time. She is still sleeping nearby.

dark matter could be a lot of things. its a known x factor and it does not necessarily mean its definately some kind of esoteric matter. That is why they work to detect it to narrow down what it could be. I mean I have not looked at the most up to date stuff and honestly don’t care to atm. its a complicated topic. would likely look for a pbs space time if anything. there are lots of things like that when you get to the edges.