Dark Matter
No Joy for Dark Matter Detector’s First 100 Days
[/caption] We’re still mostly in the dark about Dark Matter, and the highly anticipated results from the XENON100 detector has…
Perseus Cluster Thicker Around the Middle Than Thought
[/caption] The Japanese Suzaku X-ray telescope has just taken a close look at the Perseus galaxy cluster, and revealed it's…
Hunt for Dark Matter Closes in at the LHC
[/caption] From an Imperial College London press release: Physicists say they are closer than ever to finding the source of…
Red Dwarf Discovery Changes Everything!
[/caption] Its often said that the number of grains of sand on Earth equals the number of stars in the…
Missing Milky Way Dark Matter
[/caption]Although dark matter is inherently difficult to observe, an understanding of its properties (even if not its nature) allows astronomers…
Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter
[/caption] There's the common notion that black holes suck in everything in the nearby vicinity by exerting a strong gravitational…
What Can The (Dark) Matter Be?
What better place to look for dark matter than down a mine shaft? A research team from the University of…
Dark Matter Detector Heading to the ISS This Summer
[/caption] The long-awaited experiment that will search for dark matter is getting closer to heading to the International Space Station.…
Milky Way Has a “Squashed Beachball”-Shaped Dark Matter Halo
This illustration shows the visible Milky Way galaxy surrounded by a "squashed beachball"-shaped dark matter halo. Source: UCLA Our galaxy…
New Results from the CDMS II Experiment
It's no secret that astronomers claim that most of our universe is made of dark matter that cannot be readily…