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Beyond WIMPs: Exploring Alternative Theories Of Dark Matter
A team of scientists are looking beyond WIMPs in the search for Dark Matter, one which could be confirmed in…
New Horizons Team Releases First Papers On Pluto And Its Moons
The New Horizons team has released their first set of papers which they say will "completely transform our view of…
New Lenses To Help In The Hunt For Dark Energy
With the arrival of two special lenses, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is on its way to exploring the…
VLA Shows Early Stages Of Planet Formation In Unprecedented Detail
Astronomers have captured the earliest image yet of the formation of planets around a young star.
Sun-Like Star Shows Magnetic Field Was Key For Early Life On Earth
By studying the star Kappa Ceti, researchers have determined that the young Sun in our solar system was a much…
NASA’s About To Do The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do In Space
A series of tests planned by NASA will tell them a lot about the behaviour of fire onboard a spacecraft.
Virtual Reality and Space: From NASA to Smartphones
Virtual Reality is helping NASA, and the rest of us, explore space.
90 Years Ago Goddard’s Liquid-Fuelled Rocket Launched Spaceflight
90 years ago, on March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket, laying the groundwork for future space…
Eat Your Heart Out Pluto
The sublimation of methane ice into methane gas is leaving a bite-mark feature on the surface of Pluto.
The Milky Way Galaxy’s Dark Halo Of Star Formation
A new study shows that Dark Matter is triggering star formation in dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way.