Dark Matter
Are We Close to Finding Dark Matter?
Scientists say he search for the mysterious substance which makes up most of the Universe could soon be at an…
PAMELA Results Mean Only One Thing: Please Trust the Scientific Process
[/caption] Scientists from the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter/Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) orbiting spacecraft have published preliminary results, putting an…
Forget the LHC, the Aging Tevatron May Have Uncovered Some New Physics
[/caption]If you thought any quantum discoveries would have to wait until the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is switched back on…
Companion Dwarf Galaxy Almost Invisible
A team of astronomers has discovered the least luminous, most dark matter-filled galaxy known to exist. The Segue 1 galaxy…
Dark Matter Halos? How About Disks, Too
[/caption] Scientists are trying to understand the invisible and hypothetical 'dark matter' – the stuff that we know exists by…
Pushing the Polite Boundaries of Science About Dark Matter
[/caption] Rumors are spinning faster than a neutron star about the possibility that a European satellite mission called PAMELA may…
Minimum Mass for Galaxies Provides Insight on Dark Matter
[/caption] More news on dark matter this week: By analyzing light from dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, scientists…
Dark Matter is Missing From Cosmic Voids
[/caption] Cosmic voids really are devoid of matter. Astronomers have found that even the pervasive 'dark matter' which accounts for…
Large Hadron Collider Could Generate Dark Matter
One of the biggest questions that occupy particle physicists and cosmologists alike is: what is dark matter? We know that…
Dark Matter is Denser in the Solar System
Dark matter was theorized to exist relatively recently, and we've come a long way in understanding what makes up a…