ʻO nā galaxy a me nā braids
Ma ka ʻaoʻao pono o mākou, ma kahi ʻano honua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Milky Way, ua ʻike ʻia kahi galaxy me ka nui o nā mea ʻeleʻele, kahi e hana ai i nā manawa no kāna ʻike mua. I ka manawa like, ua ʻike ʻia e hiki ke kokoke loa ka mea pōʻeleʻele, ʻoiai i loko o ka laulā, no ka mea, e like me kā Gary Preso, kahi mea noiʻi ma NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, i ʻōlelo ʻia, he "braids" ka honua i nā mea ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ka galaxy ma Triangulum II he mea liʻiliʻi i loaʻa ma kahi o hoʻokahi tausani hoku wale nō. Eia naʻe, manaʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema mai ka Caltech Institute e hūnā ʻia kahi mea ʻeleʻele pohihihi i loko. No hea mai kēia manaʻo? Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Evan Kirby o ka Caltech i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe nei i ka nuipaʻa o kēia galaxy ma ke ana ʻana i ka wikiwiki o nā hōkū ʻeono e hoʻopuni ana i ke kikowaena o ia mea me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 10 mika Keck Telescope. ʻO ka nuipaʻa o ka galaxy, i helu ʻia mai kēia mau neʻe ʻana, ua ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka nui o nā hōkū, ʻo ia hoʻi he nui nā mea pōʻeleʻele i loko o ka galaxy.
Ma kēia kūlana, hiki i ka Triangulum II galaxy ke lilo i kumu nui a me kahi o ke aʻo ʻana. Loaʻa iā ia, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ka pōmaikaʻi o ka pili kokoke iā mākou. ʻO WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), kekahi o nā moho nui no ka ʻike ʻana me ka mea pōʻeleʻele, hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi ʻia i loko o ia mea, no ka mea, he ʻanuʻu "ʻoluʻolu", me ka ʻole o nā kumu kukuna ikaika ʻē aʻe i hiki ke kuhihewa ʻia ʻo WIMPs. ʻO nā koi a Preso, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea ʻeleʻele i ka lewa ma ke ʻano o nā "jets maikaʻi" o nā ʻāpana e komo i waho. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia mau kahawai o nā mea ʻeleʻele exotic ke hoʻonui i waho o ka ʻōnaehana solar, akā ke hele pū i nā palena o nā galaxies.
No laila, i ka wā e hele ai ka Honua i ia mau au i ka wā o kāna huakaʻi, pili ka umekaumaha iā lākou, e like me nā lauoho me nā ʻōpuʻu e ulu ana a puni ko kākou honua. Wahi a ka ʻepekema, ulu lākou mai kahi pōʻai e hoʻonui ana i hoʻokahi miliona kilomita ma luna o ka ʻili o ka Honua. I kona manaʻo, inā hiki iā mākou ke hahai i ka wahi o ia "lauoho lauoho", hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia nā ʻimi noiʻi ma laila, e hāʻawi i ka ʻikepili i nā ʻāpana a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi kāmela i loko o ka orbit a puni ʻo Jupiter, kahi e hiki ai i ka "lauoho" mea ʻeleʻele ke ʻano ʻoi aku ka ikaika.
