{"id":1491,"date":"2013-04-03T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2013-04-03T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T16:06:11","slug":"ams-experiment-on-iss-finds-signs-of-dark-matter-but-not-yet-conclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"AMS experiment on ISS finds signs of dark matter but not yet conclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first reported positron\/electron ratio results from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ams02.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02)<\/a> experiment (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1484\" target=\"_blank\">earlier post<\/a>) on the ISS show consistency with production from dark matter interactions but more data will be needed to insure this is not due to other sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/DAMA_mission\/Shining_light_on_elusive_dark_matter\" target=\"_d\">Shining light on elusive dark matter \/ DAMA mission &#8211;\u00a0 ESA<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scientists are confident that AMS-02 will deliver the data needed to solve the riddle of where the changes in positron ratio come from in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the coming months, AMS will be able to tell us conclusively whether these positrons are a signal for dark matter, or whether they have some other origin.\u201d says Professor Samuel Ting, the project&#8217;s lead investigator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/sciencenow\/2013\/04\/two-billion-dollar-cosmic-ray-de.html?ref=hp\" target=\"_d\">Two Billion Dollar Cosmic Ray Detector Confirms Possible Signs of Dark Matter &#8211; ScienceNOW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/04\/03\/17585037-space-stations-antimatter-detector-finds-its-first-evidence-of-dark-matter?lite\" target=\"_d\">Space station&#8217;s antimatter detector finds its first evidence of dark matter &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first reported positron\/electron ratio results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment (see earlier post) on the ISS show consistency with production from dark matter interactions but more data will be needed to insure this is not due to other sources: Shining light on elusive dark matter \/ DAMA mission &#8211;\u00a0 ESA Scientists are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1491\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMS experiment on ISS finds signs of dark matter but not yet conclusive<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-o3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20278,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20278","url_meta":{"origin":1491,"position":0},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Space to Ground&#8221; 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