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Scientists propose that a mysterious form of matter, dark matter, may have been created during a Dark Big Bang—a second explosive event following the universe’s birth, reports phys.org. Dark matter is an invisible, elusive substance thought to hold galaxies together and play a crucial role in the formation of the first galaxies. Its existence is inferred through its gravitational effects on ordinary matter, as its particles do not interact with light, making direct observation impossible. In a new study published in Physical Review D, researchers explore a groundbreaking theory proposed last year, suggesting dark matter originated in a separate event—the Dark Big Bang. The universe, including all matter, is believed to have emerged 13.8 billion years ago during the Big Bang. Matter formation began after a phase known as cosmic inflation, a rapid expansion of space, when vacuum energy transformed into a hot plasma of particles. While the origins of ordinary matter are relatively well understood, the source of dark matter remains one of the most enduring mysteries in physics. Dark matter’s presence has been detected indirectly through its gravitational effects on galaxies and clusters, as well as its imprint on the cosmic microwave background—the electromagnetic afterglow of the Big Bang. However, a group of physicists proposed last year that dark matter may have formed later in a Dark Big Bang. According to their theory, dark matter particles emerged from the decay of a quantum field that existed in a metastable “false vacuum” state. The new study builds on this idea, refining the Dark Big Bang model and suggesting that its consequences might be observable through gravitational waves produced during the event. These ripples in spacetime, created by cosmic phenomena, could offer a direct glimpse into this hidden chapter of the universe’s history. Future advancements in radio telescope technology may allow scientists to detect these gravitational waves, potentially confirming the Dark Big Bang theory. Researchers point to background gravitational waves first observed last year as a possible link to this event. If proven, this discovery would extend far beyond explaining dark matter. It would provide profound insights into the universe’s earliest moments, shedding light on the forces and events that shaped its evolution and structure. The confirmation of the Dark Big Bang could revolutionize our understanding of cosmology, unlocking secrets about the very foundations of the cosmos. The post Dark Matter May Have Emerged from a Dark Big Bang appeared first on Anomalien.com.

In anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January, the Los Angeles City Council rushed to approve a "sanctuary city" ordinance on Tuesday.The city council passed the measure in a unanimous vote, with council member Hugo Soto-Martinez (D) calling it "a very clear message" that the city refuses to "cooperate with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] in any way."'That's not in the interest of public safety in Los Angeles or California.'"We want people to feel protected and be able to have faith in their government and that women can report domestic violence, crimes," Soto-Martinez said.Before the ordinance is enacted, the city council will vote on it one last time. Mayor Karen Bass (D) has the authority to veto the measure but has already been vocal about her support, the Associated Press reported."This moment demands urgency. Immigrant protections make our communities stronger and our city better," Bass said.The news outlet noted that it remains to be seen whether the newly passed ordinance will have any significant impact, given that the Los Angeles Police Department has for decades adhered to Special Order 40, a policy that prevents officers from asking about immigration status or making arrests based on an individual's immigration status.Additionally, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has vowed to protect illegal aliens. He told KTTV this week that he can guarantee that his department will not be working with ICE to detain foreign nationals who are unlawfully in the country."That's not in our interest to do that. That's not in the interest of public safety in Los Angeles or California," McDonnell claimed.The state also has sanctuary policies in place to shield illegal immigrants from deportation efforts.California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) stated last week that he and other state leaders are working to "Trump-proof" the state.State Attorney General Rob Bonta said, "I can promise to the undocumented immigrant community in California that I and my team have been thinking about you for months and the harm that might come from the Trump administration 2.0. We'll do everything in our power and use the full authority of our office to defend you."Tom Homan, the incoming border czar for the Trump administration, has committed to deploying additional ICE agents to sanctuary jurisdictions, aiming to expedite the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants with or without local authorities' cooperation."If they're not gonna help us, then we'll just double the manpower in those cities. They don't want ICE agents in their neighborhoods, but they don't let ICE agents in the jail. They don't understand, if you let us in the jail, that'd be less agents in your neighborhood," Homan told "Fox News Live" on Saturday.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President-elect Donald Trump has begun applying pressure to Republican senators in an attempt to ensure his Cabinet picks get confirmed. In the past two weeks, Trump has announced over a dozen nominations to various Cabinet and federal positions, most notably tapping Republican former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida for attorney general. Although his candidates have the wholehearted support of the president-elect, the Trump transition team is doing the legwork to ensure Gaetz gets confirmed. 'They want someone who's gonna shake up Washington, D.C.'Republicans took back the Senate majority this election cycle, flipping seats in West Virginia, Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. If Trump's nominees were to be confirmed during the next Congress, they would be able to afford to lose only three Republican votes, assuming that Vice President-elect JD Vance would also weigh in. This leaves little wiggle room for nominees like Gaetz, prompting Trump's pressure campaign to secure GOP Senate votes. Several senators have already expressed skepticism about Gaetz. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Gaetz was not a "serious nomination" and said she was "shocked" by the pick. There has been a mounting effort, particularly from Vance, to persuade GOP senators who may have reservations about Trump's nominees. Earlier on Wednesday, Vance was spotted ushering Gaetz and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida around Capitol Hill, making their pitch to senators in the form of phone calls and closed-door meetings. Trump has reportedly even placed some of these calls himself to ensure Gaetz is confirmed. These efforts have paid off in some respects. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma came out in support of Gaetz despite historically being a critic of the nominee. "I think the president wants a hammer at the DOJ, and he sees Matt Gaetz as a hammer," Mullin said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. "His picks have been maybe unconventional, but we hired an unconventional president," Mullin continued. "The American people wanted that. They don't want politics as usual. They want someone who's gonna shake up Washington, D.C."Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, a Trump ally, warned his own conference about voting against nominees like Gaetz. "Republicans: If you're not on the team, get out of the way," Tuberville said following Gaetz's nomination. “If you want to get in the way, fine," Tuberville continued. "But we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate too if you try to do that." The Trump transition team is facing an uphill battle with some of its nominees, but that has not deterred the president-elect. Trump was asked by a reporter at Tuesday's SpaceX launch in Texas about whether he was reconsidering Gaetz's nomination. Trump's one-word answer was, "No." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put on a master class Tuesday in handling the legacy media.Mace ruffled woke feathers this week after she proposed a bill to mandate that House members, officers, and employees use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms inside the Capitol and House office buildings that correspond with their biological sex. 'I'm not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.'The bill became necessary, according to Mace, with the election of Sarah McBride (D-Del.) to Congress. McBride is a biological man who identifies as a woman.On Tuesday, an ABC News reporter confronted Mace over her proposed legislation, using dishonest and combative framing.First, the reporter asked Mace if legislation generally should be "targeted at one specific person," and Mace quickly corrected the record."It doesn't mention anyone in the legislation," she fact-checked. When the reporter doubled down, arguing that Mace is specifically targeting Rep.-elect McBride, Mace explained why she refuses to bend the knee to woke outrage."I have said it's a result of this. I'm not going to allow biological men into women's private spaces. I will stand in the brink and in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks it's OK for a penis to be in a woman's locker room or a bathroom or a changing room," she said. "Hell no! I'm not gonna stand for it," she added. "This is not OK. I'm a survivor of rape, I'm a survivor of sexual abuse, and I'm not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story."Unfortunately, the reporter did not back down, following up with a question that suggested Mace is not treating McBride with respect."Speaker Johnson has said he wants to treat every new member with the words 'dignity and respect.' Forcing this congressperson to go into a male restroom, is that dignity and respect?" the reporter asked."Forcing women to share private spaces with men is not dignity and not respect," Mace fired back."I'm absolutely gonna stand in the way of anyone who thinks it's OK for a man to be in our locker room, and our changing rooms, our dressing rooms, and women's bathrooms," she continued. "And, in fact, if you agree with that, you're crazy."On Wednesday, Mace proposed a new bill that would protect women on all federal property. The bill is called the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act. — (@) "The radical left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong. The radical left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it. And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm’s way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class," Mace said in a statement."Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the left wants to win points with their activist base," she continued. "This isn’t controversial — it’s common sense. I’m going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jose Ibarra was found guilty on all counts for the murder of Laken Riley as the sobering trial concluded on Wednesday.Judge Patrick Haggard announced that Ibarra was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstruction of a 911 call, tampering with evidence, and peeping Tom.Riley's family cried as Haggard read the verdict.Athens District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez's office is not seeking the death penalty for Ibarra.Ibarra is a member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and was able to easily enter the United States illegally in 2022 due to the Biden-Harris administration's open-border crisis.Prosecutors made the case that Ibarra hunted down Riley while she went for a jog. Using data from her smartwatch, authorities were able confirm that Riley fought off Ibarra for nearly 20 minutes before he smashed her skull in with a rock. Ibarra's DNA was found underneath Riley's fingernails. Athens District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, a soft-on-crime prosecutor, and her office are not seeking the death penalty for Ibarra but instead are seeking life in prison without possibility of parole.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Laken Riley was only 22 years old when she was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. The nursing student had innocently gone for a jog on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia, where 26-year-old Jose Ibarra then decided to take her life. Ibarra was found guilty on all counts Wednesday morning in the fast-moving trial. The prosecutor explained to the jury that the immigrant had been walking around different apartment complexes essentially hunting for a woman to rape, when he saw Laken Riley jogging by herself on a Sunday morning. “She fought so hard for her life, she fought so hard for her dignity, she was almost completely unclothed,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” comments after listening to the prosecutor's opening statement. “Because of how hard she fought, she wasn’t completely exposed, but when the police officer found her laying there with her skull crushed in by the rock that Ibarra allegedly picked up and hit her with, at least half of her body was completely naked because he tried and failed, thank the Lord, to rape her before murdering her,” Stuckey says. Riley was reportedly wearing a smartwatch at the time, which revealed that her heart rate had spiked during the 17-minute attack. Her attacker has been confirmed to be a member of Tren de Aragua, a dangerous Venezuelan gang that has infiltrated and plagued parts of America with extreme violence. He had also been arrested by the NYPD a year after he entered the United States in August 2023, but not because he was here illegally. Rather, Ibarra was arrested because he committed the crime of acting in a manner to injure a child and had a motor vehicle license violation. Now, it’s been revealed that Ibarra, along with other illegal immigrants, was granted a free humanitarian flight from New York to Georgia. “So he was the beneficiary of Biden’s catch-and-release policy at the border. So he was detained when he tried to cross illegally in 2022, and then he was released into the interior of the United States per Biden’s policies, and then he was the beneficiary of a catch-and-release policy because of progressive soft-on-crime policies in New York,” Stuckey comments. “And not only that, but he was actually given the gift, as a reward for the crimes that he had committed, he was given the gift of a free, taxpayer-funded flight from New York to Georgia, where he eventually killed Laken Riley,” she adds, disgusted. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Temu, the Chinese mega marketplace, already has a reputation for using heavily discounted deals to attract new customers, but what about an entirely free Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060? One lucky Reddit user is claiming they grabbed just such a free Nvidia graphics card in a Temu sign-up deal, but before you rush to Temu yourself, there are a number of huge red flags that make this story much less clear cut. It's time for a big dollop of realism to ruin a potentially incredible story. The best graphics cards from Nvidia can be very expensive, so it’s a wild west out there if you're hunting for bargains. We've seen plenty of fake or misleading GPUs that aren’t what they seem littering some Chinese e-commerce sites. This Redditor might have been lucky, but it's also very possible that they've scored a fake. Continue reading This free Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 seems too good to be true, and it probably is MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards

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