GPS satellites may be used to detect dark matter

[Bee York]

[QUOTE]Even though most of us use the GPS only for location purposes, two scientists have discovered a way of detecting dark matter using the Global Positioning System as a main tool.Maxim Pospelov, of the University of Victoria, Canada and Andrei Derevianko, of the University of Nevada, Reno are the two researchers who presented their work in front of the scientific community, throughout renowned conferences. They came up with a method that uses GPS satellites and other atomic clock networks which compare time and start looking for discrepancies, in order to detect dark matter.
Almost 68 percent of the universe is known to be as dark energy, while 27 percent of it consists of dark matter. Although it lacks means of detection and measurement, dark matter must exist in order for gravity to make sense at very large scales.
“We propose to detect the defects, the dark matter, as they sweep through us with a network of sensitive atomic clocks. The idea is, where the clocks go out of synchronization, we would know that dark matter, the topological defect, has passed by. In fact, we envision using the GPS constellation as the largest human-built dark-matter detector,”
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[url]http://www.wallstreetotc.com/gps-satellites-may-be-used-for-dark-matter-detection/212487/[/url]

[Sm63]

*turns on GPS in car*
GPS: Turn Left
Me: ...
Me: Damn stupid GPS! I was meant to go onto the Left Road, not on Dark Matter Avenue

[editline]18th November 2014[/editline]

also why am I always first to comment on these dark matter stories

[Last or First]

[QUOTE=Sm63;46516070]also why am I always first to comment on these dark matter stories[/QUOTE]
That's because dark matter stories are undetectable and unmeasurable through direct means.

Does your GPS have Windows 7 installed? Nice.

[Bradyns]

[QUOTE=Sm63;46516070]*turns on GPS in car*
GPS: Turn Left
Me: ...
Me: Damn stupid GPS! I was meant to go onto the Left Road, not on Dark Matter Avenue

[editline]18th November 2014[/editline]

also why am I always first to comment on these dark matter stories[/QUOTE]

You are actually the second to post, it just appears first due to gravitational lensing.

[Cakebatyr]

[QUOTE=Sm63;46516070]*turns on GPS in car*
GPS: Turn Left
Me: ...
Me: Damn stupid GPS! I was meant to go onto the Left Road, not on Dark Matter Avenue

[editline]18th November 2014[/editline]

also why am I always first to comment on these dark matter stories[/QUOTE]

Everyone is ever so slightly closer to a massive gravity well (Texas) than you :v:

[Starsmine]

[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;46516293]Everyone is ever so slightly closer to a massive gravity well (Texas) than you :v:[/QUOTE]

I live in Texas, and well... everything is a lot heavier here....