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Researchers May Have Finally Detected a Dark Matter Particle

April 15, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Dark matter: it’s invisible, it’s elusive, it’s controversial… and it’s everywhere — in the Universe, yes, but especially in the world of astrophysics, where researchers have been exhaustively trying to reveal its true identity for decades. Now, scientists with the international [...]

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What is the Universe?

February 19, 2013

What do you get when you mix physics, math, semantics, astronomy, cosmology, philosophy, and a lot of markers? This. See more videos by MinutePhysics here. Remove this ad

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Do We Really Need Dark Matter?

December 7, 2012

Hubble mosaic of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745, thought to be connected by a filament of dark matter. Credit: NASA, ESA, Harald Ebeling (University of Hawaii at Manoa) & Jean-Paul Kneib (LAM) Even though teams of scientists around the world are at this very moment hot on the trail of dark matter – the “other stuff” that the [...]

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The Brightest Galaxies in the Universe Were Invisible… Until Now

December 4, 2012

Hubble images of six of the starburst galaxies first found by ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory (Keck data shown below each in blue) Many of the brightest, most actively star-forming galaxies in the Universe were actually undetectable by Earth-based observatories, hidden from view by thick clouds of opaque dust and gas. Thanks to ESA’s Herschel space [...]

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Effects of Einstein’s Elusive Gravity Waves Observed

August 29, 2012

Two white dwarfs similar to those in the system SDSS J065133.338+284423.37 spiral together in this illustration from NASA. Credit: D. Berry/NASA GSFC Locked in a spiraling orbital embrace, the super-dense remains of two dead stars are giving astronomers the evidence needed to confirm one of Einstein’s predictions about the Universe. Remove this ad

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