Dark Matter, the stuff that holds the Universe together.   Mark Walker (University of Sydney) and Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo Australian Observatory) Monday May 4, 1998 From Mark Walker: Not Starlight Stabby starlight enters my eye, 4002 light-years instant stab-eye. Universe stab-eye, Finger to point at the Doom-eye, Here point doom I dust. Quiet cord of Holy stuff, Casually taut bead-strung string, I see. Scintillae. No! Very me-vision – too dark; Surely this world cannot be mine? (With apologies to John Bowman) Joss Bland-Hawthorn Senior Astronomer at the Anglo-Australian Observatory. After a number of very exciting appointments, Joss was awarded an Associate Professorship in 1992 with tenure, only to leave for God's country the following year, thereby greatly confusing his American colleagues. Joss' main interests are the dynamics of active, starburst and normal galaxies, and the history of star formation in the universe. Mark Walker Research Fellow at the Special Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Sydney. Mark was awarded his PhD in Astrophysics from Pennsylvania State University. He is interested in most aspects of astronomy and astrophysics, including theory, observation and instrumentation. Mark Walker, Paul Willis and Joss Bland-Hawthorn just warming up in their debate in SciPub III, but the audience is still perplexed by what Dark Matter is.   Mark Walker illustrates to Paul Willis and Joss Bland-Hawthorn how the Universe expands, and whether or not there may be Dark Matter hidden inside his ballon. Betty Siegman, overlooked by Jenny Jones, then asks them a searching question. Next Science in the Pub session, National Science Week 6 May: Road Blocks in the Path of Cancer Research. Carolyn Mountford (Instute Magnetic Resonance) and Jan Forbes (UTS)
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