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Letter: Negative moon

Published 15 December 2004

From John Doner

If negative mass was created in the big bang, and there is indeed negative mass scattered about in our known universe, could it account for the apparent acceleration of the expansion rate of the universe? Of course, we would expect that ultimately, all negative mass would go off and isolate itself away from all positive mass.

Lakeland, Florida, US

Issue no. 2478 published 18 December 2004

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