Dark Matter

High Velocity Clouds Comprise Less of the Milky Way’s Mass Than We Thought

A survey of high velocity clouds in the galactic halo of the Milky Way finds that they make up less…

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Using Jupiter as a Dark Matter Detector

The nature of dark matter has been a hotly debated topic for decades. If it’s a heavy, slow moving particle…

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Einstein Predicted How Gravity Should Work at the Largest Scales. And He Was Right

Researchers working with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have mapped nearly 6 million galaxies across 11 billion years of the…

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A Nearby Supernova Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter

Despite 90 years of research, the nature and influence of Dark Matter continue to elude astronomers and cosmologists. First proposed…

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America’s Particle Physics Plan Spans the Globe — and the Cosmos

RALEIGH, N.C. — Particle physicist Hitoshi Murayama admits that he used to worry about being known as the "most hated…

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Neutron Stars May be Shrouded in Extremely Light Particles Called Axions

Since the 1960s, astronomers have theorized that the Universe may be filled with a mysterious mass that only interacts with…

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Check Out This Sneak Peek of the Euclid mission’s Cosmic Atlas

On July 1st, 2023 (Canada Day!), the ESA's Euclid mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a SpaceX Falcon…

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Primordial Holes Could be Hiding in Planets, Asteroids, and Here on Earth

Small primordial black holes (PBHs) are one of the hot topics in astronomy and cosmology today. These hypothetical black holes…

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Slime Mold Can Teach Us About the Cosmic Web

Computers truly are wonderful things and powerful but only if they are programmed by a skilful mind. Check this out...…

3 months ago

Largest Dark Matter Detector is Narrowing Down Dark Matter Candidate

In 2012, two previous dark matter detection experiments—the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) and ZonEd Proportional scintillation in Liquid Noble gases…

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