Now We Know That Dark Matter Isn’t Primordial Black Holes
A new study by an international team of scientists has tested Hawking’s theory of dark matter, and ruled out that it is not likely to be made up of tiny black holes.
Dark Matter Isn’t Made From Black Holes
A new study by a team of UC Berkeley researchers has shown that black holes are not the long-sought-after source of dark matter
What Was Cosmic Inflation? The Quest to Understand the Earliest Universe
The Big Bang was a tremendous theory, but it had a few problems. In 1980 Alan Guth developed the revolutionary theory of cosmic inflation, and astronomers have been looking for evidence to this day.
New Explanation for Dark Energy? Tiny Fluctuations of Time and Space
A new study by a team of researchers from UBC proposes a new vision of Dark Energy, where fluctuations in spacetime allow for a net expanding effect that is slowly accelerating
ESO Survey Shows Dark Matter to be Pretty “Smooth”
A new study produced by an international team of researchers shows that Dark Matter may be more smoothly distributed than previously thought
What is Galactic Evolution?
Galaxies have a natural life cycle, which began shortly after the Big Bang and will likely continue for several trillion years.
Behold The Distant Universe!
At the annual National Astronomy Meeting, members of the Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) team shared images that are the deepest view of the Universe yet
Supermassive Black Holes In Distant Galaxies Are Mysteriously Aligned
Recent findings from a team of researchers in South Africa have shown that supermassive black holes in distance are all spinning in the same direction
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 the near future
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 22, 2016: Dr. Stuart Robbins
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Stuart Robbins, Research Scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI); Mars Impact Craters, Science Lead on Moon Mappers and Mercury Mappers. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Jolene Creighton (@futurism / fromquarkstoquasars.com) Pamela Gay (cosmoquest.org / @cosmoquestx / @starstryder) …
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